On 2001.01.27 07:57:00 +0400 Chris Young wrote:
> Ok, its a dumb question, but why does rpm complain about failed
> dependencies
> for stuff that is most assuredly there? (ie. ld, /bin/sh, etc.) They are
> always very generic utilities that are definately installed in the
> appropriate places.
>
> What can I do to fix it?
Actually, depends and provide properties of a package are just textual
declarations : when a package says 'i need this feature', rpm just check if
another said 'i provide this feature'. If you forget to declare in foo
package that it provides foo feature, then a package requiring this feature
will not install on your system, whereas foo is present... Major interest
is to declare pseudo-package, as webserver for apache or any other http
server, for instance.
Most of the time, just use --nodeps option for fixing this problem will be
enough (assuling needed features are installed).
--
Guillaume Rousse
Murphy's law : If anything can go wrong, it will.
O'Tool's commentary : Murphy was an optimist.
