[Gllug] rpms is there an easier way?

[Jim Bailey]

On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 06:34:37AM +0100, Alain Williams wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 02:41:07AM +0100, Jim Bailey wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am trying to download packages and install some stuff but I am
> > getting frustrated by dependency issues, the distro is Red Hat 7.3.
> > Could some one tell me if there is a set of commands that allows me to
> > pull down the dependencies I need with the package or do I need to keep
> > on playing chase the dependency all night?
> 
> Interestingly there is an article on /. complaining about this very problem
> with RPMs.
>
I noticed that after I posted but I haven't read the article yet.

> I notice rpm2html, the man page suggests that it might do some of what you
> need -- not entirey clear, don't know how difficult it is to setup.
> 
> Try it, let us know.
>
I will have a go but you will have to wait till after next week in 55 mins I
finish my 12/7 rota and won't go near a Red Hat box for a week now as my
own boxen are Debian and BSD.

Peace Jim

"When however you have an enemy, do not requite him good for evil: that
would make him ashamed but prove that he has done something good to
you."
--Nietzsche, Of the Adder's Bite, Thus Spake Zarathustra


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