Ralf Corsepius wrote: > Mark Haney wrote: >> Charles Crayne wrote: >>> On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 19:04:16 -0800 (PST) >>> Leslie Satenstein <lsatenstein@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>>> With internet access the way it is, why not just >>>> do rolling updates? >>> Sounds good, until the day when yum identifies 473 dependencies for the >>> package you want to install. >>> >> >> One of those other buggers I don't like about Fedora. A ridiculous >> number of dependencies that (to me, mind you) seem superfluous. > You are in error. These deps aren't there for fun, but for technical > necessity. > > Ralf > Oh? And how come I can install the same set of software in Gentoo and not need an extra 50+MB of dependencies? I wish I had an example at the moment, but I don't. However, I'm sure one will pop up sooner or later. -- Frustra laborant quotquot se calculationibus fatigant pro inventione quadraturae circuli Mark Haney Sr. Systems Administrator ERC Broadband (828) 350-2415 Call (866) ERC-7110 for after hours support -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
