Subject: Re: Finally, success (WAS Re: Mandrake install troubles with DAC960 RAID controller...)
From: James Gibson (twistedhammer@subdimension.com)
Date: Tue Jan 08 2002 - 16:50:53 AKST
On 8 Jan 2002, at 16:35, Joshua J.Kugler wrote:
> > > kdeutils depends on efax? Really? Why can't I install kdeutils
> > > without installing efax? This is a server, after all.
> >
> > You can, just do it after install and use --nodeps. Some
> > dependencies like that occur because we of necessity follow a rule
> > of not packaging the same tarball more than once (otherwise imagine
> > the fun in repackaging every time a tarball changed), so efax and
> > kdeutils both use something packaged in the efax package.
>
> I know I can --nodeps it later, it just that struck me as a bit odd.
> It just seemed odd, that's all.
Well... the general principle that I've seen with packaged-binary
based systems is "If it can be compiled in, it should be", which
creates dependencies that are sometimes annoying, and
sometime ludicrous. Unfortunately, I see no easy way around that,
as some of the binaries literally won't run if those files are not
there... I suppose modifying the source RPM and re-compiling
would work, but seems to be a larger PitA than just compiling from
the source tarball in the first place..
James Gibson
twistedhammer@subdimension.com
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