Hi Michael: Thanks for taking part to the thread... the more the merrier...
Anyway... > Message: 10 > Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 11:45:10 +0100 > From: Michael Schwendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: RPMs Problems > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tue, 3 Dec 2002 12:20:43 +0800, Alex Réné wrote: > [Snipped] > > Anyway. It was not src.rpm's... I was in fact using Gnome: System > > Settings > Packages to try to install additional packages from my RH > > 8.0 cds and also remove packages already installed on my PC... The > > process starts normally, RH checks to see what pkgs are installed and > > reads header info and then... woof!!! Everything disappears from the > > screen and nothing happens... > > Start "redhat-config-packages" from a terminal/console program like > xterm, gnome-terminal or konsole. See what error output you get. > > > I also might add to this that I have > > indeed tried to install src rpm's, and got errors about required > > libraries > > src.rpms don't have dependencies at install-time. Yes, sorry for being so approximate... I got them messages at compile / rebuild time... IU also got the same problem trying to install software from tar.gz : system asked for libs that turned out to be already installed according to RH 8 > > which when I tried to install them, RH 8.0 just told me it > > was already installed.... > > Please show an example on the command-line. Will try to reproduce the phenomenon Tried the redhat-config-packages ... from the xterm window this time.. Here is the output: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/redhat-config-packages/MainWindow.py", line 163, in ? comps = im.readCompsViaMethod(hdlist, progress.update) File "/usr/share/redhat-config-packages/method.py", line 488, in readCompsViaMethod update_method = update_method) File "/usr/share/redhat-config-packages/comps.py", line 387, in __init__ self.readCompsFile(file, self.packages) File "/usr/share/redhat-config-packages/comps.py", line 471, in readCompsFile self.setupStateDicts(packages) File "/usr/share/redhat-config-packages/comps.py", line 420, in setupStateDicts for prov in h[rpm.RPMTAG_PROVIDES]: TypeError: iteration over non-sequence -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list