1 Apr
2003
1 Apr
'03
1 p.m.
On 2003.04.01 10:24 Rob wrote:
I've noticed in recent versions that rpm resource
naming has started to vary
enough between RH and Mandrake that when you try to install a RH package
sometimes it complains that some library isn't there because Mandrake's
naming scheme mandates a "lib" in front of the name. You could get around
this by adding extra "Provides: " lines in the libs' spec files, though
that
will naturally cause problems with libraries that also come with executables,
but I've never wanted to try to rebuild that many RPM's from the base
distribution myself.
Oh of course. Like I said, they are not MADE to be interchangeable. That's
not to say we're using some alien form of RPM though. I just didn't want and
false info flying around.
The reason we have different lib names is because we have a much stricter
library policy than RedHat. All libraries start with 'lib' and end with the
so-number. That way, you can install several so-versions of the same library
on mandrake, which you can't do on RedHat.
(Sorry if this is getting off topic.)
Austin
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Austin Acton Hon.B.Sc.
Synthetic Organic Chemist, Teaching Assistant
Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto
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