On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 12:28, Paul DiMarco wrote: > ...so I assume I need to install those other things first. But that isn't > my problem, my beef is why don't rpm files have all the libraries included > in them? Wouldn't that make our lives easier? I am I the only one who > finds this strange? Perhaps there is a logical explanation to this > madness.
Shared libraries (files with the .so) are meant to be shared. One of the biggest frustration anyone who has administered Windows remembers is that there are a billion versions of libraries and each software installation would insist on installing it's own version. THe end result is "DLL hell". Unix is not immune from bad shared library management any more than Windows. The solution is proper systems management. RPM helps enforce good management of shared libraries by calculating and checking dependencies. thornton -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
