Re: RPM & dependencies

[Michael Fratoni <mfratoni tuxfan homeip net>]

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On Wednesday 21 August 2002 08:55 pm, loophole wrote:
> if you are referring to Red Hat Specific packages, do
> an upgrade install and do a Custom selection of
> packages to be upgraded.  Select the packages that you
> need and the dependencies will be automatically fixed.
>
> There are RPM tools shipped with Red Hat but they are
> too ***dump*** to handle dep issues.

The latest versions of rpm (Those in the limbo/null beta) do some 
dependency checking and suggest solutions, I believe. I haven't had a 
chance to install the beta, so I can't comment on how well this function 
works.

> maybe you could ask Mr. Michael Fratoni (of
> tuxfan.homeip.net) if he could make a script for this.
>  he has written good tools making it easier to manage
> Red Hat RPMS.

I'm actually working on something along these lines. No idea on if/when 
it'll be ready however. 

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