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Re: [SLE] Differences between rpm-based distros
- From: Philipp Thomas <philipp.thomas@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:55:40 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <265ag2t835eatnb0sn2k3fcu9s4pgq40id@xxxxxxx>
On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 20:10:00 +0200, Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) wrote:
>Install another distro RPM that expects to find the dependencies in a
>different directory to the SuSE standard and you have a SNAFU ie
>dependant packages are in /home as opposed to the SuSE way of /lib.
All information, including dependecies, is kept in RPMs database. What
you describe has nothing to do with RPM, i.e. that a given software
package expects to find things in places different to where they are
on a SUSE system.
Philipp
>Install another distro RPM that expects to find the dependencies in a
>different directory to the SuSE standard and you have a SNAFU ie
>dependant packages are in /home as opposed to the SuSE way of /lib.
All information, including dependecies, is kept in RPMs database. What
you describe has nothing to do with RPM, i.e. that a given software
package expects to find things in places different to where they are
on a SUSE system.
Philipp
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