Multilib Middle-Ground
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Thu May 1 17:01:55 UTC 2008
Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>
>> No, but you can - and do - make it difficult for 3rd party packagers
>> to build RPMs that work across multiple distros/versions, and for
>> users to install such packages. It is silly if you don't see that, or
>> that Red Hat doesn't care if fedora alienates the potential users of
>> RPM and 'system-config-xxx' based distributions.
>
> In this case, the packager is deliberately overriding the dependency
> mechanism and not using file based dependencies that make it work across
> the distribution. There is really no excuse for not using the tools
> provided. VMWare packaging is just broken and suggestions on what they
> should do should be taken to them. Not here. Save yourself the trouble.
But what I was trying to point out initially is that failing the install
because one part has unsatisfied dependencies is counterproductive
because you may not need to run that part.
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Les Mikesell
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