[ltp] lm sensors

[Bill Mair]

--On Saturday, August 24, 2002 01:50:00 PM +0100 Vivek <vivek@etla.org> 
wrote:

> On Fri, 23 Aug 2002, SMichelle wrote:
>
>> After reading lm_sensor warnings on
>> http://www.linux-thinkpad.org/bm/tp770x.html I tried to uninstall (via
>> rpm -e) on a redhat 7.3 system, and kdebase has it flagged as a needed.
>> Can I force the lm_sensors removal? or will it break kde?
>
> You should be able to ovverride the dependency: Check rpm's man page.
> If kde _needed_ lm_sensors, it would have run it, and your machine
> would already be hosed.

How very true, sad but true. Does anyone know why KDE lists lm_sensors as
a pre-req ?


Do any of you IBMers know if there has been any progress made on this ?
As I said before (a long time ago), no mortal LTPer is going to beta test
possible fixes (way toooo dangerous), this is something that REALLY requires
IBMs support and attention.


Bill

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