lib crazy

I found a solution!!! I am downloading Debian.

- Joel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim" <farli@wiredglobal.com>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: lib crazy


> RPMs and their dependencies can be a pib. Why dont the distros that use
> RPMs set up a special user/group that contains the RPM database. Then,
> when you go to get an RPM, they could check what you already have
> installed on your system and at least tell you which dependencies you are
> lacking and maybe even give you the chance to d/l them too.
>
> Seems to me that, yes, you create a security hole by letting a site be
> able to read your RPM db, but maybe the benefits outweigh the costs.
>
> On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> >
> > OK, this is probably a stupid newbie question. Everytime I install an
RPM on on my mandrake 7.1 system I seem to get some lib dependancy error.
that is fine, I download the lib and install it. However, after the lib
installation, I still get a dependancy error. Do I have to do something
with my libs after I install them in order for them to be recognized? For
instance, I installed libgtk+ and the Cheops rpm couldnt find it. Is there
something obvious here I am missing? Thanks.
> >
> > - Joel
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
> > "For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason,
the
> > story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance;
he is
> > about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final
rock,
> > he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for
> > centuries."
> >

> > - Dr. Robert Jastrow
> >         Founder of NASA"s Goddard Institute for space studies

> >
> >
> >
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> Jim
>
> Zope is cool!
>
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