Re: net-policy RPM

>>>>> On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 13:46:30 -0400, Robert Story <[email protected]> said:

Robert> with the example you sent me and a few tweaks here and there,
Robert> I can no successfully build a net-policy rpm w/out having to
Robert> be root.

Robert> However, there is a wrinkle. I tried to install the rpm:

Robert> # rpm -ivh net-policy-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm
Robert> error: failed dependencies:
Robert> libdb_cxx-4.1.so   is needed by net-policy-1.0.0-1
Robert> libsmi.so.2   is needed by net-policy-1.0.0-1
Robert> libsqlplus.so.1   is needed by net-policy-1.0.0-1

Err...  sigh...  yeah, the problem is that they aren't in the rpm db,
so it doesn't know you have them even when you do.  the choices would
be:

1) make rpms for them (NOT)
2) tell people to use --nodeps
3) figure out how to remove the requirement from the rpm file

1 is way out of scope.  2 is easy but a pain for users.  3 I'm not
sure is possible, and if they don't have them then they'll get
run-time load errors instead.

4) link statically with the above libraries instead?

That might be an easier way to go.
-- 
Wes Hardaker
Network Associates Laboratories


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