1 Aug
2005
1 Aug
'05
8:52 p.m.
On Mon, 1 Aug 2005, Feizhou wrote:
xxx packages frequently contain the libraries and the xxx-devel packages the C headers and what not.
Pretty much pointless in installing the C headers without installing the libraries also.
Which is why *-devel packages should include the libraries. But I don't see why RedHat should coerce me into installing package-which-might-do-something-unnecessary-and-perhaps-nasty on my development box just so the libraries are available for package building.
--- Charlie