You spoke to soon :-(*
[root@fast rpm]# rpm -U tkinter-1.5.2-13.i386.rpm python-1.5.2-13.i386.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
python = 1.5.1 is needed by python-devel-1.5.1-10
[root@fast rpm]#
On Sat, 15 Jul 2000, Conrad Parker wrote:
>
> The real problem is dealing with the cyclic dependency. This is a
> common enough situation, to deal with it simply include both
> packages on the same rpm command line:
>
> [root@fast rpm]# rpm -U tkinter-1.5.2-13.i386.rpm python-1.5.2-13.i386.rpm
>
> RPM will work out the required dependencies between a list of rpm
> files for you, which is very handy in situations like this (and is
> how the RedHat installer installs the system -- the outcome of the
> package selection is basically one whopping rpm command that gets
> executed to install the whole system).
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