[18224] in Athena Bugs
Re: linux : linux rpm
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Angie Kelic)
Sun Sep 3 13:50:30 2000
Message-Id: <200009031750.NAA00988@phantom.mit.edu>
To: amu@MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
cc: bugs@MIT.EDU, bobmah@MIT.EDU
In-reply-to: Your message of "01 Sep 2000 20:55:25 EDT."
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Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 13:50:26 EDT
From: Angie Kelic <sly@MIT.EDU>
>RPM should do the right thing if you list both packages on the same
>command line.
I understand that this will work, as will rpm --nodep. I just think
that having this sort of dependency is confusing for people that
don't have a whole lot of experience with linux attempting to do
a layered installed.
--Angie
