[1732] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: update.pl
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Erik Nygren)
Fri Jul 25 15:03:10 1997
To: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Erik Nygren <nygren@MIT.EDU>, linux-dev@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "25 Jul 1997 14:49:12 EDT."
<sjmoh7rhsrb.fsf@charon.MIT.EDU>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 15:03:09 EDT
From: Erik Nygren <nygren@MIT.EDU>
> What "sh" dependency? The RH 4.0 updates shouldn't depend on anything
> that isn't also in 4.0. In addition, any updated dependencies should
> co-depend on other packages. Can you explain what dependency is
> failing?
[root@foundation nygren]# /mit/linux/redhat/current/i386/updates/update.pl
failed dependencies:
/bin/sh is needed by db-1.85-11
The RedHat errata page says essentially that the RPM
is broken and you need to use --nodeps on it.
(This problem even happens under 4.2).
> PS: I _though_ we already added --nodeps to the rpm line?
It doesn't seem to be there. Should we add it?
It could prevent problems in some cases and cause
problems in other cases.
Erik
