On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, Harry Putnam wrote:
Tim Waugh twaugh@redhat.com writes:
What use is this reference and what does it point to?
It is to make sure that you install the version of perl that is necessary for that compiled package. It dumps perl modules into the file system and the installed perl must be able to load them.
Yup and thanks
BTW: you could have just used yum. for eg - on FC2:
[root@localhost root]# yum -c /etc/yum.conf.dev upgrade foomatic Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) Server: Rawhide Development Finding updated packages Downloading needed headers Finding obsoleted packages Resolving dependencies .Dependencies resolved I will do the following: [update: foomatic 3.0.1-6.i386] I will install/upgrade these to satisfy the dependencies: [deps: perl 3:5.8.4-3.i386] Is this ok [y/N]: