Did i just made the fastest dependency checker in the world? (198 packages in 1.5 seconds)

[Matthew Miller]

On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 10:52:39PM +0200, Mark wrote:
> a question: what i still don`t get is where rpm is gonna step is.. aren`t i
> just checking the dependency`s with php + mysql (c++ + mysql when it`s all
> finished) and just use rpm to install / remove stuff?
> that was what i had in mind.
> if that isn`t possible than perhaps a patch should be written for rpm so
> that it doesn`t check for versions anymore.. it just installs nomather what
> you put in (version wise) and let my dep checker do all the version stuff.

You could do that. But, do you really want your program coming up with
different answers than the standard tools?

Particularly, packagers work to make sure that the dependency chains work
with RPM's logic (strange as it is in some cases). If your system doesn't
work the same way, all bets are off.



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