David, I think the idea here is provide an "fake" rpm which depends on the same dependencies as Oracle DB do. So, installing this "oracledeps-fake-virtual-10.2.0.2.rpm" will install the dependencies, and you will be able to install Oracle without having to check manually gcc, libgcc, openmotif, libaio, etc...
And this is a good idea. Mauro http://mauro.limeiratem.com - registered Linux User: 294521 Scripture is both history, and a love letter from God. On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 12:29 PM, David Boyes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Oracle isn't an rpm install, and as such has little dependency checking > > inbuilt - it has relied on manual verification. This new package purely > > implements the dependencies, removing the manual work. There is no > > direct relationship between the Oracle installer and this package. > > Mmf. Not so useful, then. I can see why you do it that way given the number > of platforms you need to have this thing install on, but I'd really like to > see you fix that. If there is a package management system on the platform, > it'd be to your advantage to use it. > > Not something you or I can fix easily, but it'd be a really desirable thing > for you guys to have as a requirement. > > -- db > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
