On Thu, 24 May 2001, Shridhar Daithankar wrote:

 |A good packaging tool should allow dependency checking with an ability to 
 |override dependency(ies) as specified by the administrator.

doesn't rpm allow you to do just that ??

try a -Uvh... if it gives you errors... and u feel that all the
dependencies are satisfied.. use nodeps and it installs without
complaints!

I managed to upgrade most of the stuff on my rh6.x machine to 7.0 using
the rpms that came with redhat!! yes it complained a lot  .. but I was
able to overcome it!

Kingsly

                .:: Kingsly John                ICQ 14787510 ::.
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            .:: Linux 2.4.3 #10 Mon Apr 23 22:43:11 IST 2001 i686 ::.
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           `:. Posted to the list on Thu May 24 16:48:44 IST 2001 .:'


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