I've also used --nodeps in rpm but I use it the way Rusty has mentioned with --force, only use it when you know what you are doing (and even then there will be a case at some point where Linux will prove you wrong).
Jay > 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. > >> >> 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. > > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > Moblin dev Mailing List > [email protected] > > To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: > http://lists.moblin.org/listinfo/dev or your user account on > http://moblin.org once logged in. > > For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: > http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists > _______________________________________________ Moblin dev Mailing List [email protected] To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: http://lists.moblin.org/listinfo/dev or your user account on http://moblin.org once logged in. For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists
