Re: F14 vlc update problem.

2011-04-02 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:09:43 -0700, Joe wrote: > > It*is* a challenge, because if I understand your questions correctly [and > > based on your word choice], I would need to start from the bottom up. How > > much do you know about... > > Yes, but it's not as though I were calling the practice stu

Re: F14 vlc update problem.

2011-03-26 Thread dexter
On 26 March 2011 01:59, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > On 03/25/2011 06:25 PM, Linuxguy123 wrote: >> On Fri, 2011-03-25 at 15:09 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: >> >> >> I'm happy to report that this problem now appears to be solved. > > Yes, both RPMFusion and ATRPMs have released updated versions that will

Re: F14 vlc update problem.

2011-03-25 Thread Kevin J. Cummings
On 03/25/2011 06:25 PM, Linuxguy123 wrote: > On Fri, 2011-03-25 at 15:09 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: > > > I'm happy to report that this problem now appears to be solved. Yes, both RPMFusion and ATRPMs have released updated versions that will now work with the released directfb package. -- Kevin J.

Re: F14 vlc update problem.

2011-03-25 Thread Linuxguy123
On Fri, 2011-03-25 at 15:09 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: I'm happy to report that this problem now appears to be solved. # yum update Loaded plugins: changelog, downloadonly, kmdl, refresh-packagekit Setting up Update Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package directfb.i

Re: F14 vlc update problem.

2011-03-25 Thread Joe Zeff
On 03/25/2011 03:02 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote: > It*is* a challenge, because if I understand your questions correctly [and > based on your word choice], I would need to start from the bottom up. How > much do you know about... Yes, but it's not as though I were calling the practice stupid or an

Re: F14 vlc update problem.

2011-03-25 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:13:43 -0700, Joe wrote: > > False. Due to the changed SONAME, the program would not even start. > > The dynamic linker would fail to find the "old" library. That's why > > the dependency is on a specific SONAME and not ">=". > > I'm not quite sure I understand this. Are yo

Re: F14 vlc update problem.

2011-03-25 Thread Joe Zeff
On 03/25/2011 12:25 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote: > False. Due to the changed SONAME, the program would not even start. > The dynamic linker would fail to find the "old" library. That's why > the dependency is on a specific SONAME and not ">=". I'm not quite sure I understand this. Are you saying t

Re: F14 vlc update problem.

2011-03-25 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:42:09 -0400, Kevin wrote: > On 03/25/2011 05:39 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote: > > You haven't shown any such '=' dependencies. The thread only quotes > > unresolvable SONAME dependencies. And those are "equal to" by definition. > > Now, your mixing up semantic meaning. Being

Re: F14 vlc update problem.

2011-03-25 Thread Kevin J. Cummings
On 03/25/2011 05:39 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote: > You haven't shown any such '=' dependencies. The thread only quotes > unresolvable SONAME dependencies. And those are "equal to" by definition. Now, your mixing up semantic meaning. Being dependent upon a particular .so library release is the same

Re: F14 vlc update problem.

2011-03-25 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 23:47:30 -0400, Kevin wrote: > On 03/24/2011 07:16 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote: > > On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:48:53 -0400, Kevin wrote: > > > >>>Updated By: directfb-1.4.11-3.fc14.x86_64 (updates) > >>>Not found > >>>Available: directfb-1.4.

Re: F14 vlc update problem.

2011-03-24 Thread Linuxguy123
On Thu, 2011-03-24 at 23:47 -0400, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: I appreciate the discussion on this situation. I really didn't mean to stir up the hornet's nest on this. The good news is that a) yum works incredibly well at sorting out the situation and allows everything else to update in spite of

Re: F14 vlc update problem.

2011-03-24 Thread Kevin J. Cummings
On 03/24/2011 07:16 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:48:53 -0400, Kevin wrote: > >>>Updated By: directfb-1.4.11-3.fc14.x86_64 (updates) >>>Not found >>>Available: directfb-1.4.3-1.fc14.x86_64 (fedora) >>>libdirectfb-1.4.so

Re: F14 vlc update problem.

2011-03-24 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:48:53 -0400, Kevin wrote: > >Updated By: directfb-1.4.11-3.fc14.x86_64 (updates) > >Not found > >Available: directfb-1.4.3-1.fc14.x86_64 (fedora) > >libdirectfb-1.4.so.0()(64bit) > > You could try using --skip-broken t

Re: F14 vlc update problem.

2011-03-24 Thread Kevin J. Cummings
On 03/24/2011 06:06 PM, Linuxguy123 wrote: > F14, fully up to date before this. > vlc installed. > > # yum update > Loaded plugins: changelog, downloadonly, kmdl, refresh-packagekit > Setting up Update Process > Resolving Dependencies > --> Running transaction check > --> Processing Dependency: li

F14 vlc update problem.

2011-03-24 Thread Linuxguy123
F14, fully up to date before this. vlc installed. # yum update Loaded plugins: changelog, downloadonly, kmdl, refresh-packagekit Setting up Update Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: libdirect-1.4.so.0 for package: vlc-extras-1.1.7-1.fc14.i686 --