Apt partly solves this problem. Some distros (like Conectiva) have already
managed to meld RPM and Apt (originally designed for Debian DEB packages).
Perhaps Mandrake should do this?
On Sat, 20 Jan 2001 12:39, Digital Wokan wrote:
> Vic, it sounds like what you're looking for is a solution to the problem
> of libraries and apps compiled from tarballs instead of installed from
> RPMs. I don't remember where exactly, but there is a file in /etc that
> lets you specify that some particular prereq is provided by the system
> (without having to hunt down the RPM).
>
> Of course, careful use of such is required, since you could break your
> system saying something's being provided when it really isn't.
>
> Vic wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > I think it would be nice to have a feature
> > put into a future mandrake version,
> > capable of being disabled of course,
> > that would, when rpm or an app cood not find
> > a library, it would do a search the entire filesystem
> > until it found one that would make the app work,
> > or if it were not on the system it would then
> > access the net and search for it automatically,
> > asking the user if when it found it, if it was the
> > right one, if the user did not know it would then
> > try downloading and installing several different
> > oens until it worked, and if desired, a go-along-with
> > me type tutorial could also be ran at the time to
> > teach newer users about the internal processes
> > of a linux system, this feature and its subfeatures
> > could all be disabled at the user's request if they
> > already knew what they were doing in the case
> > that it would be useless to them.
> >
> > What about that?
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