yum - problem with dependencies

[david walcroft]

Timothy Murphy wrote:


> 
> Thanks for your response.
> I'm running FC-3 with kernel-2.6.11
> (I have tried the latest Fedora update kernel, 
> but that does not affect matters.)
> 
> The only explanation I can see for this problem
> is that yum is not just looking for this particular library,
> it is looking for a specific rpm containing the library.
> 
> But if that is so, why does yum not tell me?
> 
> I find yum generally an extremely useful application;
> but when it does not work it is very difficult to correct.
> Assuming I am right in my conclusion above,
> I would like yum to give me much more information
> than just "Missing dep".
> 
Timothy,
   As the rpm's cannot 'see' the libs run "ldconf" to check your link 
library.

      david