Missing dependency for Athena libraries

Missing dependency for Athena libraries

[Ryan Johnson]

  Hi all,

I just tried to pull down the Athena widget libraries (xaw and xaw3d) 
and got an unmet dependency message for libXpm-devel.

It's not a big deal, since it offered to add it to my list, but a bit 
odd (I just clicked on each once... none of the cycling though 
install/keep/reinstall/etc which might have confused something).

Regards,
Ryan


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Re: Missing dependency for Athena libraries

[Andy Koppe]

On 14 August 2010 12:57, Ryan Johnson wrote:
> I just tried to pull down the Athena widget libraries (xaw and xaw3d) and
> got an unmet dependency message for libXpm-devel.
>
> It's not a big deal, since it offered to add it to my list, but a bit odd (I
> just clicked on each once... none of the cycling though
> install/keep/reinstall/etc which might have confused something).

That's the new normal, following a change to setup.exe.

Previously, dependencies would have been added instantly when you
selected a package. The problem with that was that those dependencies
weren't deselected if you changed your mind about a package. Also, it
got in the way when you cycled through the package actions to get to
'Uninstall', and sometimes people were surprised about the number of
packages being quietly pulled in by their selections. Therefore now
the dependencies being added automatically are always listed on the
'Resolve Dependencies' page.

Seems the wording on that page still needs some fine-tuning though. I
presume it was the 'Unmet Dependencies Found' line that made you think
there's a problem?

Andy

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Re: Re: Missing dependency for Athena libraries

[Ryan Johnson]

  On 8:59 PM, Andy Koppe wrote:
> On 14 August 2010 12:57, Ryan Johnson wrote:
>> I just tried to pull down the Athena widget libraries (xaw and xaw3d) and
>> got an unmet dependency message for libXpm-devel.
>>
>> It's not a big deal, since it offered to add it to my list, but a bit odd (I
>> just clicked on each once... none of the cycling though
>> install/keep/reinstall/etc which might have confused something).
> That's the new normal, following a change to setup.exe.
>
> Previously, dependencies would have been added instantly when you
> selected a package. The problem with that was that those dependencies
> weren't deselected if you changed your mind about a package. Also, it
> got in the way when you cycled through the package actions to get to
> 'Uninstall', and sometimes people were surprised about the number of
> packages being quietly pulled in by their selections. Therefore now
> the dependencies being added automatically are always listed on the
> 'Resolve Dependencies' page.
>
> Seems the wording on that page still needs some fine-tuning though. I
> presume it was the 'Unmet Dependencies Found' line that made you think
> there's a problem?
Ah, OK. That seems fine -- I only worried because in the past that 
message meant something was wonky.

Ryan


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Re: Re: Missing dependency for Athena libraries

[Christopher Faylor]

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 12:13:51PM +0200, Ryan Johnson wrote:
>  On 8:59 PM, Andy Koppe wrote:
>> On 14 August 2010 12:57, Ryan Johnson wrote:
>>> I just tried to pull down the Athena widget libraries (xaw and xaw3d) and
>>> got an unmet dependency message for libXpm-devel.
>>>
>>> It's not a big deal, since it offered to add it to my list, but a bit odd (I
>>> just clicked on each once... none of the cycling though
>>> install/keep/reinstall/etc which might have confused something).
>> That's the new normal, following a change to setup.exe.
>>
>> Previously, dependencies would have been added instantly when you
>> selected a package. The problem with that was that those dependencies
>> weren't deselected if you changed your mind about a package. Also, it
>> got in the way when you cycled through the package actions to get to
>> 'Uninstall', and sometimes people were surprised about the number of
>> packages being quietly pulled in by their selections. Therefore now
>> the dependencies being added automatically are always listed on the
>> 'Resolve Dependencies' page.
>>
>> Seems the wording on that page still needs some fine-tuning though. I
>> presume it was the 'Unmet Dependencies Found' line that made you think
>> there's a problem?
>Ah, OK. That seems fine -- I only worried because in the past that 
>message meant something was wonky.

Actually, I don't think the message ever meant anything was wrong.

cgf

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