On Fri, 2009-08-28 at 10:56 +0800 Lynch, Rusty wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-08-27 at 18:45 -0700, Roger WANG wrote:
> > On Fri, 2009-08-28 at 09:36 +0800 bob wrote:
> > > I tried "-U" option and conflict still exists. I'm doing development 
> > > under a 
> > > NB with Moblin2, and Mutter-moblin is a runtime GUI function. Maybe 
> > > that's 
> > > the reason to conflict.
> > 
> > You might want to try the '--force' option with rpm.
> 
> I would not recommend using --force unless you really know what your
> doing.  Blindly force installing random packages is a quick way to end
> up with a completely hosed rpm database.

That would be fine in bob's case.

> 
> > 
> > For a regular development cycle, you may also want to keep up with git
> > tip, make some hack, then build and have a try. Setting a work
> > environment with 'jhbuild' gives you a shorter cycle -- you don't have
> > to build & install rpm every time you try.
> 
> Using jhbuild is fine and all, but there shouldn't be any conflicts
> introduce by building a package locally and then manually installing
> it.

jhbuild handles that pretty well -- completly indepent source and
install locations.

> 
> That is.. unless you picked up a non-moblin source rpm, and were unlucky
> enough to for this new package to try and install files that are already
> owned by some other package.

I recommend getting the source from git for developers, for better
integrated to the development process (keeping up with upstream,
working on branches, generating / sending patches, etc..)

Roger
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