[ltp] Sensors still an issue?

[Richard Neill]

You are wiser than I :-)

Richard


Vivek wrote:
> On Thu, 30 May 2002, Richard Neill wrote:
> 
> 
>>I understand that Mandrake deliberately "break" KDE in such a way as not
>>to have sensors-detect as a dependency. In 8.1/8.2, it is not installed
>>by default.
 >>
 >>
>>
>>However, I assume you could always install it (by rpm), then just delete
>>(or replace with something harmless) the binary file. That means that
>>RPM would be none the wiser :-)
> 
> 
> This would have the nasty side effect of creating a time bomb: Next time
> there was a KDE update, you'd end up with a dangerous sensors-detect
> again. Does rpm have the 'provides' and 'conflicts' fields, (cf deb) ?
> If so, you could inserta dummy package that would keep sensors-detect
> from being installed, but keep the dependency checker happy.
> 
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