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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