Rick Stevens said: > William Hooper wrote: >> Rick Stevens said: >> >> >>>The classic circular dependency issue. I thought yum handled this >>> better. >>> >>>The fix is to install the common bit with the "--nodeps" option to rpm, >>>THEN install the regular glibc bits: >>> >>> rpm -Fvh --nodeps glibc-common*.rpm >> >> >> AAK! Danger! > > No, not at all. rpm often can't sort out circular dependencies when > you're trying to install a bunch of updates. You must break the cycle > somehow, and --nodeps is the way to do it. Remember that up2date (and > I suppose yum and apt) look at these things and call rpm with > appropriate flags to break the loop. I'm just doing it manually. I can honestly say I've NEVER used "--nodeps" on any package from Red Hat. If you put all the packages in the same install command RPM handles the ordering for you. That said, if a third party package _seems_ to need "--nodeps" it is usually a sign of needing rebuild or not having all the packages you need. Nodeps should be a matter of last resort. -- William Hooper
