Re: [owl-users] Upgrading to current gives dependency problem after kernel upgrade and boot

From: Solar Designer <solar_at_private>
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 01:56:53 +0400
On Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 09:41:01PM +0000, Zenny wrote:
> # rpm -Uvh ~build/RPMS/*.rpm
> error: Failed dependencies:
> 	perl(Crypt::PasswdMD5) is needed by syslinux-perl-4.04-owl2
> 	perl(Digest::SHA1) is needed by syslinux-perl-4.04-owl2

You never mentioned where you got those RPMs.  Did you build them
yourself or did you download them?  Did you previously install
locally-built (by you) Owl RPMs on this system?

> It seems like a dependency hell. :-( Could not figure out how can I
> upgrade smoothly?

If you simply used "make installworld" using our pre-built RPMs, the
upgrade should have been smooth.

If you build your own RPMs and try to cross a major change in this way
(such as our update of OpenSSL or GCC), then, yes, you may get into
dependency hell that you'd need to resolve on your own.  Ways to resolve
it _might_ be found in owl-dev list postings from the right time period;
they generally involve multiple install/build/install steps.  If you're
not into developing Owl, then I suggest that you only upgrade using our
pre-built RPMs.

> On 4/3/12, cpb_at_private <cpb_at_private> wrote:
> > You didn't include complete details of your starting point or the source of
> > your RPMs in ~build/RPMS,

Alexander
Received on Tue Apr 03 2012 - 14:56:53 PDT

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