From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.19-6.2.10smp i686) Description of problem: The xemacs and semi packages posted recently claim to resolve a dependency problem, but RPM still won't install them. http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHBA-2001-135.html says: Topic: This update of xemacs contains apel-10.3 which is required for semi-xemacs and wl-xemacs to work properly. 2. Problem description: xemacs in Red Hat Linux 7.2 contains apel-10.2, but semi-xemacs and wl-xemacs require apel-10.3 to build and function correctly. However, the posted updates will not install, because semi is looking for apel >= 10.3 and apparently can't find it nor the fact that xemacs now provides it (if indeed it does). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.install all other updates 2.rpm -Uvh \ xemacs-21.1.14-23.7.2.i386.rpm \ xemacs-el-21.1.14-23.7.2.i386.rpm \ xemacs-info-21.1.14-23.7.2.i386.rpm \ semi-1.14.3-8.i386.rpm \ semi-xemacs-1.14.3-8.i386.rpm Actual Results: error: failed dependencies: apel >= 10.3 is needed by semi-1.14.3-8 Expected Results: Installation of all packages. Additional info: There is a bugzilla topic for "apel", but no package in 7.2. The error happens even after I install *all* other packages (including xemacs-* and semi-xemacs), and just try to install semi. --jh--
Try installing the apel package from 7.2 - does that solve the problem?
I see now that apel is on the CD, but it is not installed with an "everything" install. I'm sure it will work fine when I install the component. But... I compared the packages actually installed in an "everything" install with the full list, and I see 92 language-related packages that are not installed, and kernels and X servers and X fonts that don't apply to me. Fair enough, I specified only en to be installed. But, I also see 6 uninstalled packages that do not appear to be language-related, at least according to their RPM info: apel-10.3-2 im-140-3 mew-1.94.2-9 perl-File-MMagic-1.06-2 semi-1.14.3-6 wl-2.4.1-6 Why are these not installed in an "everything" install? If the reason is language-related, it should be included in the rpm description. Thanks, --jh--
First comment, perhaps the generic errata advisory was not worded in the best way in this case, but you only need to install semi-1.14.3-8 to use semi with Emacs. If you only need semi for XEmacs you only need to install semi-xemacs, not semi. The packages you mentioned that aren't installed in an everything installation, are currently marked in comps as being Japanese specific. Could you please file that as a separate bug under the comps component?