On Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 01:46:40PM -0400, James B. Byrne wrote: > OS = CentOS-5.2 > perl = 5.8.8 > > I get git from the yum repository at kernel.org. Up until the most recent > update I had no problems. Now I am getting these dependency errors: > > Error: Missing Dependency: libcurl.so.4 is needed by package git > Error: Missing Dependency: perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_5.10.0) is needed by > package perl-Git > Error: Missing Dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.7) is needed by package git > Error: Missing Dependency: libexpat.so.1 is needed by package git > Error: Missing Dependency: libcrypto.so.7 is needed by package git > > > Are these dependencies actually meaningful? By that I mean, are there > features used in the latest release of GiT that depend upon features of > GLIBC 2.7 that are not part of glibc-2.5? Similarly, are there features > of curl used in the latest git that are not present or work differently in > curl 7.15.2? Ditto for OpenSSL and libxpat. This only means the rpms in the yum repository at kernel.org were built on a system more recent than yours, and that run-time dependencies (as opposed to build dependencies) require some libraries to be newer than what your system provides. Mike -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
