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

[Rex Dieter <rdieter math unl edu>]

On Wednesday 30 January 2002 10:42 am, you wrote:

> -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?

This has been a pet-peeve of mine for awhile now... why on earth would 
anyone make rpms with circular dependancies like this, instead of making a 
single, simpler, rpm,  especially in this case (glibc) where the sources are 
coming from one place (ie, a single src.rpm)?  I mean, heck, the contents of 
both have to be installed anyway, why not package them that way?  In general, 
I think this is a bad idea, and if it *must* be done, there had better be a 
real good reason for doing so.

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