[lug] Needed Libraries

[D. Stimits]

SoloCDM wrote:
> 
> Gnome red-carpet and gnome-vfs need the following (bzip2 1.0.1-6mdk)
> on Mandrake 7.0 with rpm4:
> 
> libbz2.so.1 is needed by gnome-vfs-0.5-0mdk_helix_4
> libbz2.so.1 is needed by red-carpet-0.9.2-0mdk_helix_3
> 
> I have bzip2 0.9.5d-3mdk, which is needed by rpm, rpm-build,
> rpm-python 4.0.2-6x and gnorpm 0.95.1-6.6x packages.  No way can
> I extract the rpm and gnorpm packages, but I can use --force.
> 
> My dilemma -- will the present rpm packages use the new bzip2 with
> --force or is there another rpm way to get the new bzip2 installed?
> 
> In other words: bzip2 is not the problem . . . it's the following
> files that depend on its libraries:
> 
> libbz2.so.0 is needed by rpm-python-4.0.2-6x
> libbz2.so.0 is needed by rpm-4.0.2-6x
> libbz2.so.0 is needed by rpm-build-4.0.2-6x
> libbz2.so.0 is needed by gnorpm-0.95.1-6.6x
> 
> Will the above file dependencies be damaged by the bzip2
> installation's new libraries or will they begin using the new
> libraries?

I doubt anything would be damaged, and it would probably work fine. I
won't guarantee it, but if it were me, I'd maybe gzip the relevant old
libbz2 files, then do the force install; if it fails, uninstall the rpm,
and gunzip the old libs.

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