On Thursday 03 October 2002 22:34, Ron Stodden wrote: > Charles A Edwards wrote: > > On 03 Oct 2002 16:13:16 +0200 > > > > Guillaume Cottenceau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>I think that's not really true. When generating the hdlists, we > >>check for conflicts, provides etc. This is the first step. Second > >>step, during install, we suppose conflicts have been checked, so > >>we prefer installing with a few conflictsm rather than refusing > >>to install anything. > > > > I grant that, but during installation every pkg that is selected will be > > installed irregardless of any conflict which may exist. > > That is probably necessary when RPMs have circular dependencies. > > But the proper solution for that is to co-install such RPMs in one run > of urpmi or kpackage.
Possibly related, possibly not. What is the point of directory /usr/postinstall-rpm? I must confess that I failed to examine my system this time, simply trusting the installer. Then I tried to run playmidi and when It would not run, did a slocate and came upon this directory. It contains a long list of uninstalled packages. It seems to me that an installer should either install a package or leave it on the cdrom instead of cluttering up drive space with it.
