[1734] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: update.pl
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Fri Jul 25 20:09:31 1997
To: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Erik Nygren <nygren@MIT.EDU>, linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: amu@MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Date: 25 Jul 1997 20:09:15 -0400
In-Reply-To: Derek Atkins's message of "25 Jul 1997 15:36:29 -0400"
Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU> writes:
> Erik Nygren <nygren@MIT.EDU> writes:
>
> > 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).
>
> Sigh. Ok.
>
> > > 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.
>
> I know it was there, and then it wasn't.. Personally, I'm not sure
> what to do. If redhat knows about the problem, I dont see why they
> can't fix it.
Hmm. Dependency information *is* there for a reason, but (a) we only
update packages that are already installed and (b) some packages have
broken dependency info...I think putting it in is the lesser of two evils.
--
Aaron M. Ucko <amu@mit.edu> (finger amu@monk.mit.edu) [Stark raving sane]
