Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Problem starting

[Christian Rose <menthos menthos com>]

tor 2003-01-02 klockan 04.18 skrev Georgi Georgiev:
> Checking http://rpmfind.net like this:
> http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=libstdc%2B%2B.so.5
> and I am stunned. It says: 
> http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/redhat/8.0/i386/libstdc++-3.2-7.i386.html is 
> the one you need for redhat8. I am just curious... how did you manage to 
> install gnomemeeting from an rpm (I am convinced you installed from an RPM, 
> or otherwise you wouldn't have it linked against a library you don't have) 
> when rpms do have dependency checks?

rpm has a --force option that overrides dependency checks, for people
that know what they are doing. Unfortunately, too many users use it
without knowing what they are doing and what dependencies are and why
they are needed, and without understanding that the application will not
work correctly, if at all, without the specified dependencies.
Although I'm not saying this happened in this particular case, it sure
happens all too often.


Christian