try forcing --nodeps when you install it.

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:08:03 +1200
Hamish McBrearty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Well I've finally gotten around to installing Gentoo on my work laptop,
> and now I find I am unable to install our mail client as it is only
> released as an RPM. I emerged RPM and tried to install but got a failed
> dependancy (/bin/sh of all things!!) Is there any way to fake an RPM
> database? Or extract an RPM? I have no interest in trying to satisfy the
> dependacies via RPM
> 
> 
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> Hamish McBrearty     MCSE  MCSA
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Nick Rout
Barrister & Solicitor
Christchurch, New Zealand
http://www.rout.co.nz

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