Benjamin Gawert wrote:
> Is it possible that the dependency calculator on the SGI Freeware website is
> wrong? When looking up dependencies for gcc I get a long list of packages
> from which a bunch doesn't seem to have any relation to gcc (like
> fw_enlightenment, fw_mozilla, fw_mozillafirebird, fw_xcdroast,
> fw_ghostscript, fw_hylafax, and such). Why should gcc require the
> enlightenment window manager and two different browsers? Or hylafax? I got a
> similar list when looking for the dependencies on evolution.

smells like a redhat linux install...

>
> Is the dependency calculator faulty or do I simply miss something?
>

welcome to the brave new world of tuxed up computing.

In article ,
"Benjamin Gawert" writes:
> Is it possible that the dependency calculator on the SGI Freeware website is
> wrong? When looking up dependencies for gcc I get a long list of packages
> from which a bunch doesn't seem to have any relation to gcc (like
> fw_enlightenment, fw_mozilla, fw_mozillafirebird, fw_xcdroast,
> fw_ghostscript, fw_hylafax, and such). Why should gcc require the
> enlightenment window manager and two different browsers?

hmm,

http://freeware.sgi.com/prereq.cgi?p...rsive&.submit=

Package fw_gcc requires:

* No other freeware packages

you are reading the wrong list ;-)

so long,
Timo

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"Timo Kanera" wrote in message
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> In article ,
> "Benjamin Gawert" writes:
> > Is it possible that the dependency calculator on the SGI Freeware
website is
> > wrong? When looking up dependencies for gcc I get a long list of
packages
> > from which a bunch doesn't seem to have any relation to gcc (like
> > fw_enlightenment, fw_mozilla, fw_mozillafirebird, fw_xcdroast,
> > fw_ghostscript, fw_hylafax, and such). Why should gcc require the
> > enlightenment window manager and two different browsers?
>
> hmm,
>
>
http://freeware.sgi.com/prereq.cgi?p...rsive&.submit=
>
> Package fw_gcc requires:
>
> * No other freeware packages
>
> you are reading the wrong list ;-)
>
> so long,
> Timo
>
> --
> Timo Kanera . GPG Key-ID: 1024D/30CDB412
>
>
>
Just last week end I had similar experiences with the calculator.

Actually, yes, and no: dependency calculator isn't wrong, you just
don't need to install WHOLE package to make it run, like mysql, most
gnome related packages will ask for it, but they actually just need
libmysqlclient...

Rambo