Tim Cutts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 18 Feb 2008, at 11:10 am, Leif Nixon wrote: > >> But that's not the same package, then. Hm, can you have a package >> depend on "any version of gcc", without listing the various gcc >> packages explicitly? > > Yes. That's what "Provides" does in a package's control file. So, > for example, postfix, exim and sendmail all provide "mail-transport- > agent".
Ah, of course. Same thing in rpm-land. One final question: is it possible to verify the integrity of installed files? (For example, I can run "rpm -V glibc" to check the md5 sum of all files in the glibc package against the package database.) -- Leif Nixon - Systems expert ------------------------------------------------------------ National Supercomputer Centre - Linkoping University ------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
