Re: Phoebe - 8.0.93

[Jose Celestino <japc co sapo pt>]

Words by Gordon Messmer [Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 05:59:32PM -0800]:
> On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 10:30, Ed Wilts wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 02:37:34PM +0000, Jose Celestino wrote:
> > > Ok. That was it, all of this stuff was moved from the XFree86-libs
> > > package to the XFree86-libs-data. I did a rpm -F --nodeps * so I failed
> > > to install this last one :/
> > 
> > 
> > And this is the primary reason why people should *never* use --nodeps
> > without finding out why the dependencies were required in the first
> > place.  
> 
> I agree, and I'll add: chastise whoever gives you the advise to use
> --nodeps unless they give you a very clear explanation of why it's
> appropriate <em>in that specific instance</em>.
> 

I use --nodeps, along with -F, for upgrades. I dislike having any
upgrade scripts running (don't know what they're really doing) and I
dislike rebooting also, for that matter.

Ok, I'll do some verify in the end but I won't give up the --nodeps. I
wouldn't like to have my system "bluecurve'd" or tampered in any other
nasty way, I've got used to it as it is... Beside that I know what I'm
doing (famous last words) :))

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