lib crazy

[Jim]

Hey!  If its good enough for a potato head, why cant RH and Mandrake make
it work?

On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> 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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Jim

Zope is cool!