[plug] Redhat/RPM dependency question

[Greg Mildenhall]

On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, Steve Grasso wrote:
> Hi Pete,
> On Monday 20 August 2001 10:51, Peter Wright wrote:
> > I'd appreciate it even more if
> > you could tell me (or drop a subtle hint to me :) what the general
> > technique is for working out these sort of dependency issues.
> 1) Aquire patience
> 2) http://rpmfind.net/ and search on the required dependency.
> 3) Grab the best fit RPM. Pray you have the same version of RPM.
> 4) Install/upgrade the package
> 5) Find the next failed dependency
> 6) Deep breaths.....1......2......
> 7) Repeat 2-6 as required or until your system fails to respond
> 
> If anyone has a better system, I'd like to hear about it.

I've got Debian.

Well, you asked.

-Greg Mildenhall