yum module idea: force-install high-priority updates

[Michael Schwendt]

On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 09:34:22 -0500, Michel Salim wrote:

> > > > The problem is that each version of Mozilla/Firefox uses a
> > > > different installation prefix. For Firefox 1.5.0.7 this
> > > > is /usr/lib/firefox-1.5.0.7
> > > >
> > > > When a application links with some Mozilla/Firefox library
> > > > the full path gets saved in the final executable.
> > > >
> > > In case of liferea, the dependency is not actually that hard-coded.
> >
> > It is, it is.
> >
> > This has been the result of discussion in an upstream bug ticket.
> >
> > > liferea uses LD_LIBRARY_PATH to add Firefox's installation directory
> > > before calling the actual liferea-bin binary. This path is detected at
> > > build time and hardcoded into the script.
> >
> > It used to be like this, but has been error-prone (leading to
> > crashes, even) and has changed to a really hardcoded path in the
> > binary.
> >
> My mystake, then. The ones in Extras still use the script, and ldd-ing
> the actual binary did not show a dependency on Firefox.

$ strings /usr/lib/liferea/liblihtmlm.so |grep fire
/usr/lib/firefox-1.5.0.7