[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alexander Skwar) writes:
> Maybe I'm just dumb and all, but how do I use rpmdrake, and especially
> it's search functions? I wanted to install dpsftp. To install that,
> rpmdrake asked whether I'd like to install some missing packages, like
> libxml (as an example). Okay, so rpmdrake found out that I have an old
> pacakge of libxml installed and it also noticed that a newer package of
> libxml is available. But why can't I find libxml somewhere in the
> package listings? I clicked on that looking glass, and a window popped
> up asking me what I'm looking for. So I entered ".*xml.*" and "xml"
> and clicked on ok. Next rpmdrake told me that it cannot find any
> packages matching what I entered.
>
> How comes? I mean obviously rpmdrake noticed that I need libxml, IOW:
> it found a newer libxml package in its database, has it not? But why
> can't I find a newer libxml?
I think it's because rpmdrake doesn't handle regexp
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