Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Problem starting

[Georgi Georgiev <chutz gg3 net>]

Christian Rose wrote:
> tor 2003-01-02 klockan 04.18 skrev Georgi Georgiev:
> > 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.

Overriding dependencies is not that bad. The ones I ignore at times are of 
the type "mutt needs a mail daemon and you don't have one" and I for example 
have qmail installed from source. However, I have *NEVER* overriden a 
dependcy to a library and I do think it is one of the worst ideas ever.

I hope these little pieces of wisdom turn out to be helpful somewhere.

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