Oh, lots of warnings, but YAST forces them without asking you! -----Original Message----- From: zentara [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 14 January 1999 16:06 Cc: SUSE Linux E-mail List (E-mail) Subject: Re: [SuSE Linux] Why RPMS designed for RedHat 5.x don't necessarily work on SuSE 5.2? Arturo Martinez-Nieves wrote: > > I went to ftp.kde.org and downloaded the KDE 1.1pre1 set or RPMs for Redhat > 5.x since there were none in the SuSE directory! > > When I installed the base package, it screwed my K instalation to the point > it wouldn't go pass the log on point. > > removing that and instaling an older package meant for SuSe helped the > problem. > > But why? It's the old libc5 vs. glibc2 problem. Didn't the rpm's refuse to install and give a warning that there were "failed dependencies"? Or did you force them? - To get out of this list, please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ and the archiv at http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html - To get out of this list, please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ and the archiv at http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html
