This is a nice entry in /server.log
On Fri, 21 Jun 2002 10:29:42 -0700 "Kevin O'Gorman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you don't mind a horrible hack, there's a fairly easy way to do this. > Just go ahead and let Yast install whatever it wants. Then use rpm > to find all the files it installed (rpm -ql whatever), and delete all > those files. Do the deletion manually; do not do it through Yast or > rpm. It's probably easiest to build a script from the output of 'rpm > -ql'. Now install your tarball. Yast thinks it has the stuff it wants, > because it believes its database rather than checking reality, > and the reality is the way you want it. > > Just be mindful that the database and the reality no longer coincide. > Forever. Being a hack, this approach can bite you later if you forget > about it. > > ++ kevin > > > > On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 08:17:10AM -0500, Ben Duncan wrote: > > Is there anyway to override the Yast2 defaults on software > > dependencies? > > > > I have installed LPRng from pristine source and removed the standard > > RPM of LPR that Suse 8.0 ships. I did this because of some specific > > settings I need vs the way SuSe wants to control the printer. However, > > evertime I add/remove a package from the CD's, Yast wants to complain > > and install IT's PRINTING solutions (choice of install cups/lprng). IF > > you are not careful and go back un "unmark" it's selection it winds up > > putting it's version of lpr back out there. > > > > I need this PITA to go away and the SuSe 8.0 log (whatever/wherever) > > that may be, to think LPR has been installed. > > > > > > Thanks ... > > > > -- > -- > Kevin O'Gorman (805) 650-6274 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Permanent e-mail forwarder: mailto:Kevin.O'[EMAIL PROTECTED] > At school: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~kogorman/index.html > Web: http://kosmanor.com/~kevin/index.html > > "Life is short; eat dessert first!" > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list - > http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the > above URL. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
