On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:46:30 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: >> Is there hope?? I do see a couple of threads on >> gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general about firefox and about dependencies >> that mention what seems essentially the same trouble; but they only >> confuse me the more, alas! > > gecko-libs is supplied by firefox. The easiest way to do updates until > the gecko-libs dependencies are fixed is to simply exclude firefox from > the update request via "--exclude=firefox*". Once the new firefox and > gecko-libs is out (version 2.0.0.9?), then things should get better. Any idea when that might be? I do still have Galeon on another machine; it might be less trouble to get along with that than straighten out firefox. (I like mozilla apps, but find their web forums confusing.) > In your case, if you installed FireFox 2.0.0.8 (the broken one), then > you really need to uninstall it, go find the 2.0.0.5 version somewhere > and install it. Then your dependencies should be fine. Well, I will if I have to. But merely yum removing followed by yum installing didn't do it; shouldn't somebody patrolling repos have caught a broken major app? Or won't somebody, if I just wait? -- Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about.
