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this bloody html
Stefaans
On Friday 20 April 2001 04:56, Michel Clasquin wrote:
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> <font size=3>To continue my ongoing battle with MandrakeUpdate and rpm,
> have a look a this <br>
> lot, cut 'n pasted straight from my terminal:<br><br>
> [root@localhost grpmi]# rpm -Uvh kdelibs-2.0.1-2mdk.i586.rpm<br>
> error: failed dependencies:<br>
> kdelibs = 2.0 is needed by
> kdelibs-sound-2.0-5mdk<br>
> kdelibs = 2.0 is needed by
> kdelibs-devel-2.0-5mdk<br>
> kdelibs = 2.0 is needed by
> kdelibs-sound-devel-2.0-5mdk<br>
> [root@localhost grpmi]# rpm -Uvh kdelibs-devel-2.0.1-2mdk.i586.rpm<br>
> error: failed dependencies:<br>
> kdelibs = 2.0.1 is needed by
> kdelibs-devel-2.0.1-2mdk<br>
> kdelibs-devel = 2.0 is needed
> by kdelibs-sound-devel-2.0-5mdk<br>
> [root@localhost grpmi]# rpm -Uvh kdelibs-sound-2.0.1-2mdk.i586.rpm<br>
> error: failed dependencies:<br>
> kdelibs = 2.0.1 is needed by
> kdelibs-sound-2.0.1-2mdk<br>
> kdelibs-sound = 2.0 is needed
> by kdelibs-sound-devel-2.0-5mdk<br>
> [root@localhost grpmi]# rpm -Uvh
> kdelibs-sound-devel-2.0.1-2mdk.i586.rpm<br>
> error: failed dependencies:<br>
> kdelibs-sound = 2.0.1 is
> needed by kdelibs-sound-devel-2.0.1-2mdk<br>
> kdelibs = 2.0.1 is needed by
> kdelibs-sound-devel-2.0.1-2mdk<br>
> kdelibs-devel = 2.0.1 is
> needed by kdelibs-sound-devel-2.0.1-2mdk<br><br>
> It's a perfect vicious circle - you can't install a until b is present,
> but b <br>
> requires c, which needs a. The only way I can see to install this lot is
> for <br>
> something, somewhere along the line, to be forced to install. Which is
> <br>
> supposed to be a Bad Thing (tm). Any guesses on which one to force first?
> My <br>
> guess is kdelibs, but that's just because it has the shortest name
> ...<br><br>
> Maybe there is something to this Debian stuff after all ...<br><br>
> -- <br>
> Michel Clasquin<br>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za<br>
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