[vox-tech] resolving dependencies with XFree86-4.3.0-3

Troy Arnold vox-tech@lists.lugod.org
Thu, 10 Apr 2003 13:50:04 -0700


On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 12:58:59PM -0700, Charles Polisher wrote:
> 
> Use the force. Literally. RPM's --force option will get you there.
> Xft is an adapter so X can use xft fonts.

Uhh, that's how you get into RPM dependency hell.  Don't --force it
unless you know exactly why you are doing it and why it will work.
Don't do it out of desperation...

Ryan, Shawn's explanation of your situation looks spot-on.

-troy