Am 30.07.2013 18:20, schrieb Tethys:
On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Ian Malone
<ibmalone(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> yum --optional-deps install foo
>
> I'm not entirely clear from your email whether or not you understand
> why most dependencies exist. If a linked library is not present the
> program will not run, regardless of whether you need the functionality
> provided by the library or not.
Yes, I understand that. The problem is the fact that it's linked in
the first place. Unnecessary shared libraries should be dlopen()ed if
necessary, not linked directly.
go ahead and "fix" any upstream software!