Dependency Confusion
Alex Zbyslaw
xfb52 at dial.pipex.com
Thu Mar 8 10:30:55 UTC 2007
Peter Pluta wrote:
> I'm a bit confused with dependency's. When you have a stale
> dependency's what does this usually mean? Does that mean that the
> dependency was already updated and not noted in the pkgdb? Or does it
> mean the version in the pkgdb is wrong and that I have a newer or
> older version installed? Also, how do I correct it when running pkgdb
> -F I tried to enter the newer version of the dependency and it told me
> I need to pick from a list it gave me. :(
A stale dependency is when package A says that it depends on package B
but package B is not installed. You *might* have a newer version and
this is what you have to tell pkgdb -F since it has got into a state
where it cannot know.
Please show the actual details since without them no-one will be able to
tell you the right answer.
--Alex
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