Subject: Re: yup update problem
From: Hollis R Blanchard (hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu)
Date: Wed Jan 24 2001 - 20:41:54 MST
On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, Patrick Callahan wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, you wrote:
> > I actually ran into this problem while working on YDL 2.0. Normally an
> > ordinary user wouldn't experience this problem,
> > because to have this
> > problem show up your would have had to installed bzip2 1.0.1-2 with the
> > --force option sent to rpm. If you didn't do this yourself it may have
> > been caused by the helixcode installer if you've ever used it.
>
> Shouldn't we be able to install additional packages and upgrades without
> having to abandon the upgrades you provide?
You should keep your dependancies met when installing any package. Assuming
that you cannot meet the dependancies for every non-YDL-built package is
incorrect.
> Otherwise the solution is a clean install,
> followed by a yup update
> followed by upgrades and installs of all the packages we want over and
> above the ones ydl provides in the base distribution and yup.
Or you could run yup with --ignore-deps.
-Hollis
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