j_post <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Tuesday, 14 January 2003 14:46:
> I'm getting really tired of Red Hat's RPM nonsense. I can't upgrade > *anything* because rpm complains about dependencies. I can understand > that a new version of program 'xyz' may need library > 'libabc-2.3.so', but rpm > refuses to upgrade because program 'abc-1.2' depends on > 'libabc-1.2.so' and can't seem to deal with 'libabc-2.3.so'. Why > not??? > A major revision of a libray might involve revisions to the API (such as changes to function parameters, or contents of data structures) and so anything built with libabc-1 might crash with libabc-2. You often need to install both. Cameron. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
