[18220] in Athena Bugs
linux : linux rpm
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Angie Kelic)
Fri Sep 1 17:15:32 2000
Message-Id: <200009012115.RAA06731@surveyor.mit.edu>
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
cc: bobmah@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 17:15:27 -0400
From: Angie Kelic <sly@MIT.EDU>
System name: surveyor.mit.edu
Type and version: i586
Display type: XFree86 3.3.6 SVGA
Shell: /bin/athena/tcsh
Window manager: fvwm2
What were you trying to do?
Install a layered machine.
What's wrong:
There's a recursive dependency between the rpms
athena-listsuidcells and athena-afs as seen below:
[root@improv restricted]# rpm -ivh athena-afs-8.4-0.i386.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
athena-base is needed by athena-afs-8.4-0
athena-listsuidcells is needed by athena-afs-8.4-0
[root@improv restricted]# rpm -ivh ../free/athena-listsuidcells-8.4-0.i386.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
athena-afs is needed by athena-listsuidcells-8.4-0
What should have happened:
athena-afs should require athena-listsuidcells or
athena-listsuidcells should require athena-afs. Recursive
dependencies just make it harder for someone to install a
layered machine.
