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Re: [SLE] Differences between rpm-based distros
- From: "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 09:46:54 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0609111143420.8915@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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The Sunday 2006-09-10 at 11:23 -0800, John Andersen wrote:
> So you are saying RPM looks for these dependency files on the disk in
> specific places rather than looking at the rpm database to see if they were
> installed?
See Philipp's message.
The rpm command (and yast and the rest) looks only at the rpm database for
dependencies. It is the program you are installing who may try to find a
library at a different place depending on the distro - in fact, depending
on the person that compiled it.
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Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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The Sunday 2006-09-10 at 11:23 -0800, John Andersen wrote:
> So you are saying RPM looks for these dependency files on the disk in
> specific places rather than looking at the rpm database to see if they were
> installed?
See Philipp's message.
The rpm command (and yast and the rest) looks only at the rpm database for
dependencies. It is the program you are installing who may try to find a
library at a different place depending on the distro - in fact, depending
on the person that compiled it.
- --
Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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