[ltp] T21 pcmcia hell

Romel linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 13 Jan 2003 14:47:56 -0800 (PST)


On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Dan Sawyer wrote:

> I am not sure about the rpm deps for pcmcia <snip>

I recently went through rpm dependency hell (with an issue other than 
PCMCIA) with RH 8 on a 600E and in the process discovered "apt" (from the Debian side of the tracks)
 and its associated GUI "synaptic" have been ported over to Red Hat.

No longer do I hunt and peck for rpm dependencies. Just select the package 
I want in the end and it grabs all of the required packages. It's also 
saved me in my attempt to make leaner system by removing a package without 
knowing its dependencies.

Both packages can be found at: http://freshrpms.net/apt/

-- 
Romel