Re: [rh-rpm] Problem for upgrading glibc 2.2.2-10 to 2.2.4

[Jeff Johnson <jbj JBJ ORG>]

On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 12:31:54PM -0500, R P Herrold wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Sara Sodagar wrote:
> 
> > Hi 
> > I have a problem for upgrading glibc 2.2.2-10 to 2.2.4-19.3.
> 
> see:  http://www.rpm.org/hintskinks/requires/

Hmmm, 

-Summary
-A cross-pointing "dependency" is preventing an upgrade of a package
+Summary
+How do I install a pair of packages if A requires B and B requires A?

as that's the more typical variant of this question.

The more general problem, how do I figger a dependency, is gonna
need an article from me, but the short answer is

	1) Install the rpmdb-redhat package.
	2) Use "rpm --redhatprovides token" to figger the package name.

BTW, here's an "equivalence set" graph for all 1219 packages
in Red Hat 7.2. You need graphwiz from ftp://people.redhat.com/jbj,
display as "dotty redhat-7.2-dependencies.dot"

In fact, rather than attaching for the umpty-umpth time, look for
	ftp://people.redhat.com/jbj/redhat-7.2-dependencies.dot

I'd *love* to hear some details about how to display this info
more informatively. graphwiz 'tain't hard, but designing an aesthetic
and simple graphical display for gobs of mind-numbing details is a
bit of a challenge.

And, yes, the output is from tools/rpmsort.c from rpm-4.1, work-in-progress,
may even compile correctly ATM, dunno.

73 de Jeff

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