On Wed, 16 Oct 2013 09:28:49 +1300 Rolf Turner <r.turner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 10/16/13 09:20, Joe Zeff wrote: > > On 10/15/2013 01:07 PM, Rolf Turner wrote: > >> Please, people: When you give advice, make sure you get the little > >> details right. > >> Knowledgeable types and gurus can readily spot and fix minor > >> infelicities. But to us > >> bunnies a minor infelicity can be completely bewildering. Test your > >> code before > >> sending! > > > > FYI, root isn't needed for such queries. > That makes sense! > > I used this: > > > > yum provides */libpng-config > > > > with no quotes, as my normal, unprivileged user and got the answer > > with no trouble. > > Hmm. I tried that just now and got the "No match." again. WTF? > Ahhhhh, I think I see > what's happening. I am using (due to my personal peculiarities --- > :-) ) tcsh. I expect > that you, like most people, are using bash. Tried it under bash, > and bingo, it worked. > > Mildly fascinating that there is this difference in the treatment > of wild cards between > bash and tcsh. My advice worked as stated and was tried out before I sent it: I have not used tcsh so can not comment. Btw, yes, you do not need sudo permission, but yum will look into the repos all over again (in case you update -- and do so as root -- frequently in which case it will look into the cache also and results will be quicker). My experience and self-explanation. HTH, Ranjan ____________________________________________________________ GET FREE SMILEYS FOR YOUR IM & EMAIL - Learn more at http://www.inbox.com/smileys Works with AIM®, MSN® Messenger, Yahoo!® Messenger, ICQ®, Google Talk™ and most webmails -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
