On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, R.I.P. Deaddog wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Spencer wrote:
>
> > > Well, seems this circular dependency is, in fact, CORRECT. GConf requires
> > > libGConf1 to run; however it is reported earlier that programs linking
> > > with libGConf1 needs GConf in order to run too (hope my interpretation of
> > > previous posts is correct).
> > >
> > The problem remains that they won't install. Even rpm -ivh won't install
> > unless forced.
[snip]
>
> The best fix seems to be merging GConf and libGConf1 together into 1
> package.
>
That would prevent you from installing both programs depending on
libGConf1 and (future) libGConf2 at the same time because of
conflicting files.
I think the dependency on libGConf1 can be dropped when the GConf
programs (at least gconftool) are linked statically against libgconf.
Not nice, but AFAICS it would break the loop.
Arnd <><
