On 25/10/2007, Dave Burns <tburns@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Several people including me have had success with the approach > mentioned by darrylb in this thread: > > http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?p=886935#post886935 > > # rpm --erase firefox --nodeps > . > # yum install firefox > > Works because gecko is actually included with firefox (maybe this is > new?)? Nah, it's pure luck. It is no fix. It is crap advice -- easy to prove that the entire theory is crap. And it isn't new that firefox "Provides: gecko-libs" as a virtual package. > Actually, that makes no sense to me, but I tried it and it > worked. Again, pure luck that when you did it, the mirror manager directed you to a repository that had the _complete set_ (!) of updates already and not just the new firefox [1]: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00361.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00362.html -- [1] Because the new firefox includes the gecko-libs upgrade that breaks deps unless the affected packages are rebuilt.
