Re: gtk-1.2.6-1.i386.rpm is broken ?

[Elliot Lee <sopwith redhat com>]

On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, Goetz Golla wrote:

> 
> On my SUSE 6.2 system I tried to install the newest gtk libraries. I
> copied the files from a regular gnome mirror (ftp.informatik.uni-bonn.de).
> 
> Here is what Ive got after upgrading:
> 
> root@gg1:/usr/lib > ls -l libg[td]k*
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           19 Oct 29 20:22 libgtk-1.2.so.0 ->
> libgtk-1.2.so.0.5.1
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root      3281546 Aug 22 18:52 libgtk-1.2.so.0.2.1
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           19 Oct 29 20:22
> /usr/lib/libgdk-1.2.so.0 -> libgdk-1.2.so.0.5.1
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root       826157 Aug 22 18:52
> /usr/lib/libgdk-1.2.so.0.2.1
> 
> The links are replaced, but the libraries itself not. 
> 
> Also, rpm -plq on gtk-1.2.6-1.i386.rpm shows that this rpm only contains
> the 1.2.so.0.2.1 versions, not the 0.5.1 versions of the libraries.  
> rpm -lpq on the SUSE 6.2 gtk libraries (version 1.2.3-3) gives the same
> result.

I think this problem is real, and is maybe a bug in the gtk+ Makefiles.

You should be able to remake the symlinks to point to the correct place
for now, or rerun ldconfig.

-- Elliot
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.