Re: RPM problem

[JF Martinez <jfm2@club-internet.fr>]

> Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 19:25:50 +0200
> 
> > 
> > I tried to install neXtaw-Xaw-0.5.1-1.i386.rpm last night on a system
> > I'm setting up for my parents.  It failed, claiming a dependency on
> > New_xinitrc.  I checked on the website and found that New_xinitrc is
> > provided by xinitrc, so I downloaded and installed 
> > xinitrc-1.6-1Indy.noarch.rpm.  I still couldn't get
> > neXtaw-Xaw-0.5.1-1.i386.rpm to install; I got the same failed dependency
> > message.  What am I doing wrong?
> > 
> 
> Nothing.  It is a bug.  It depends on aversionned dependency and this
> is not possible when the dependency is provided by a package with a
> different name.
> 
> I will upload a fix.
> 

In the interim you can install it with the parm --nodeps

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			Jean Francois Martinez

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