On Mon, 13 May 2002, Philip Rowlands wrote: >Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 00:56:44 +0100 (BST) >From: Philip Rowlands <phr@doc.ic.ac.uk> >To: xfree86-list@redhat.com >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII >List-Id: Red Hat XFree86 list <xfree86-list.redhat.com> >Subject: xrdb needs /lib/cpp > >I've just installed Valhalla, and have the following problem with xrdb: > >$ xrdb -load .Xresources >sh: /lib/cpp: No such file or directory > >This was reported and fixed in bugzilla #936: >http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=936 That is ancient - back from the days of 3.3.6. The 4.x packaging when added in RHL 7.0 was brand new from the ground up packaging. Also, that is long before my time here. >I know I could just install the cpp RPM, but that's what dependencies >are for. Am I missing something? Since you're the only person to report this since then, (2+ years), I wouldn't consider it a major catastrophe. I have added a dependancy on cpp to my current developemental packages. It will remain to be seen now how many people complain that XFree86 forcibly requires cpp. I guess an alternative would be to split XFree86 up into 200 subpackages and make each application have properly tracked dependancies. That'd be a fun thing to manually install. ;o) At any rate, it is fixed now, and is a moot point in any case. -- Mike A. Harris Shipping/mailing address: OS Systems Engineer 190 Pittsburgh Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, XFree86 maintainer Ontario, Canada, P6C 5B3 Red Hat Inc. http://www.redhat.com ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris
