-----Original Message----- From: James Ogley [mailto:james.ogley@pinnacle.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 9:50 AM To: SuSE List Subject: RE: [SLE] GTK?
Well, I suppose we could all recompile our OS from scratch just because one program we want needs a couple of libs that nothing else on our system touches. Or I suppose installing the entire Gnome2 suite to take advantage of a single program is the safest choice.
Noone said he should do that
In this case, however, he wants to run one package, that package needs a few libs from GTK2. If nothing else on his sytem requires GTK2 and they're only being installed to support the package he does intend on running, I see nothing wrong with forcing rpm to install those libs without their dependencies.
Can anyone else spot what is wrong with this?
You install GTK-2 without it's dependencies being fulfilled, it is liable not to work correctly, and the same goes for the one app he wants to use that is GTK-2 based!
Okay then, we disagree. So he downloads all of the Gnome2 Supplementary update for SuSE8.0 points Yast at it and let's it resolve whatever dependencies it requires. Is that acceptable?