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