This really sounds like you are using cooker RPMS on a 9.0 system. Please tell me you are not doing that! It is not the way cooker should be used!!
Danny On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, marrandy wrote: > Hello. > > I am seeing a lot of problems with cooker RPM's. For example, my latest > install quanta3.1-1mdk.i586.rpm > > On attempted install, this aborts with messages showing several failed > dependencies. > > Yet when I use regular mandrake releases, I never see dependency problems. It > would seem the files required are already installed, with the package or > retrieved and installed transparently. > > Why is this such a problem with cooker releases ? > > In the BSD's using the package system, it is setup to check for the required > filkes and libraries plus version, if it doesn't find it, it checks the cdrom > and then goes to the net, downloads and installs it, and continues with the > install. The BSD's have done this for several years. > > I thought this dependency/stop install problem had been fixed in the RPM > system with added capability (go get the required dependency RPM) at least > Three years ago. > > Do we still have to manually go and install, each and every dependency listed > in this day and age. > > Opinions ? Bricks, clubbings...well you know. > > Please enlighten me. > > Regards...Martin > >
