Frederic Lepied <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

[...]

> > > I just downloaded the above version of Xfree and attempted to install it.
> > > However it came up with the following error
> > > 
> > > #rpm -Uvh XFree86-4.1.0-4mdk.i586.rpm
> > > error: failed dependencies:
> > >          perl(strict)   is needed by XFree86-4.1.0-4mdk
> > > 
> > > The previous version (3mdk) worked fine. Does anyone have any ideas?
> > 
> > this is a feature of rpm 4.0.3, but we've disabled it now. So XFree86 needs
> > rebuilding to remove this dependency (fredl, you take care of it?)
> > 
> 
> It's not needed just install the latest perl-base:
> 
> $ rpm -qp --provides /RPMS/perl-base-5.601-4mdk.i586.rpm | grep strict
> perl(strict)

of course, don't ever take care of what i can say, flepied is the real master :)

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