That ole Livna Problem/That ole VLC Problem

[Les Mikesell]

Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:

>>> Thus I take issue with your contention, "there is no reason anyone
>>> should have to do any of the things Karl has done" - there clearly is a
>>> reason, and it has been known for many years now. The reason is that
>>> there are repos that have packages which are incompatible with each
>>> other.
>> And why does someone need to use more than one repo to install vlc?

> They need the standard Fedora repos plus ONE of the non-Fedora repos
> if they want to play encrypted DVDs.

And even then some of the 3rd party repos may replace some core 
libraries where some have a policy of not doing that.

>> Or think they do?
>>
> Consider who is having the problem. He has a history of doing things
> the hard way. In doing so, he creates problems for himself that few
> others run into.

And yet in the bazillion messages about what he was doing wrong, no one 
provided a link to a place that explained the right way.

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   Les Mikesell
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