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[Olivier Salaun <address@concealed>]

Claus Atzenbeck wrote:

> [...]
> There are 2 different RPM packages on rpmfind:
>         perl-CGI-2.752-1mdk
>         perl-CGI.pm-2.72-1mdk
> 
> Sympa 3.0.3 was asking for the first one (the newer one), Sympa 3.2 is
> requesting the second (slightly older) one, although the first one
> includes the same files as the second one.

Sympa 3.0.3 was also requesting perl-CGI.pm-xx (try rpm -qpR 
sympa-3.0.3.i386.rpm).
But obviously perl-CGI.pm RPM has been renamed to perl-CGI.
We will change prerequisites in Sympa.

> Is it possible to tell Sympa 3.2 that the package perl-CGI is actually
> the same than perl-CGI.pm??

You can force RPM to ignore such dependencies with --nodeps option
Example : rpm -i --nodeps sympa-3.2.i386.rpm


Thanks

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Olivier Salaün
Comité Réseau des Universités