RPM Rant (was: Re: Evolution on RedHat 7.2)

[Craig White]

On Thu, 2002-01-24 at 15:07, Blake Barnett wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-01-24 at 10:29, Victor Odhner wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > But how does the common-library-version-compatibility issue
> > play out in the Linux world?  I'd be interested in hearing
> > comments on this, because I haven't done a lot of updating
> > under Linux.  Seems to me that doing an apt-get to install
> > one application, with its required libraries, might cause
> > a library to become incompatible with another application
> > already resident on the machine.
> 
> That's what APT is.  It checks all those dependancies between what is
> installed, and what is going to be installed, downloads only what you
> need to fulfill those dependancies and simplifies your life.  It's very
> configurable and you can do quite a few other things with it, but that
> is the gist.
> 
> In short, the problem you describe, is one that APT was designed to
> eliminate.
> 
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yeah but... where is Evolution 1.01 in deb sources?  in unstable if it
is available at all - I would bet.

Craig