Re: Bug in freetype dependancy for pango.spec?

[Evandro Fernandes Giovanini <evandrofg ig com br>]

On Fri, 2002-01-25 at 10:15, R.I.P. Deaddog wrote:
> On 24 Jan 2002, Gregory Leblanc wrote:
> 
> > > In trying to install pango-devel, I get a failed dependancy on 
> > > freetype-devel >= 2.0.1.
> > > However, Freetype 2 is packaged (at least by Ximian) as freetype2-devel, 
> > > so the check fails.
> > > 
> > > Bug or feature?
> > 
> > Feature.  IMNSHO, renaming packages with the version number embeded in
> > the name of the package is stupid, and should be avoided wherever
> > possible.  Especially when things are packaged properly, and don't have
> > any conflicting files.  If you're on Red Hat 7.0, you can download my
> > freetype RPMs from ftp.linux.org.uk[1].  If you're on a newer Red Hat,
> > you don't need a newer freetype.
> 
> I second that. Say you installed gal 0.18 and 0.19, which are required
> by different apps. If you don't seperate them under different package
> names (just gal-0.18 and gal-0.19), and once there's some new version of
> gal release (say 0.20), you'll be doomed after a "rpm -Uvh" -- both 0.18
> and 0.19 are removed. I think this has been pointed out by somebody
> else?
> 

Nothing is going to be removed if it's needed by another package. RPM
packages don't depend on "gal", but on libgal.so.18, etc.

> Abel
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Evandro