On 10/29/2002 04:27 AM, zentara wrote:
Man this yast2 is becoming a nightmare. I needed to upgrade my curl to the latest version. So I removed the curl rpm and installed the latest curl from source. Now, everytime I install ANY software, yast2 will reinstall it's curl rpm. Which I then need to remove and then reinstall the one I have from source. I uncheck "auto-dependency-checking", but it will still install curl all on it's own, totally messing things up. yast2 has become a nightmare, I think I will be going to Slackware for my next upgrade.
I can't understand why I have to leave the curl rpm "installed", and sneak behind Yast2's back to manually replace the curl libraries with my own. Talk about a time-wasting un-professional tool. It just isn't saving time anymore, it's consuming time.
I suspect Yast is checking the rpm database, not your files, to see if curl is installed. Though it is possible (at least with 8.0, I would assume in 8.1 as well) to unselect the auto install of a package your system needs due to dependencies, I would suggest installing the source via checkinstall, which will build an rpm package, install the program, and register it in the rpm database, therefore satisfying dependencies and Yast. I am GLAD Yast checks the rpm database and wouldn't want to change it. HTH. -- Joe & Sesil Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Web Address: http://www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871 God said, I AM that I AM. I say, by the grace God, I am what I am.