Hello Peter, On Tue, 21 Nov 2017 20:39:41 +1300 Peter <peter at pajamian.dhs.org> wrote: > On 21/11/17 19:55, wwp wrote: > >>>> Maybe. Unpacking the rpm works, anyway, I never encountered a single > >>>> binary issue since I use it like that (ordinary use, I probably don't > >>>> use that text encoding or whatever submodule which depends on a newer > >>>> libstdc++). > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Please explain "Unpacking the RPM". How is one to do that when there > >>> are broken dependencies? > >> > >> Easy. > >> rpm2cpio /path/to/whatever.rpm | cpio -idm > >> > >> Probably best to do that in a temporary directory and see what you get. > >> See the cpio manpage for other options. > > > > Exactly. One could also install using `rpm -Uvh --nodeps > > skypeforlinux-64-0.rpm`, that worked too even if NOT solving the dep > > for uninstalled lib for the specific skype module. > > The issue here is that the reason it's a dep is because at least some > component of the skype package was built against a libstdc++ that in > turn was built against a newer glibc than that provided by CentOS 7. > You are playing with fire trying to bypass the dep and install it > anyways. You are much better off getting the skype from the insider > channel which was built without the newer library requirements. After > installing it you can disable the insider repo and then you'll get newer > updates from the stable repo instead (which should hopefully work in the > future). I think that it's clear that installing the package that way is potentially unsafe (well, when you know what module may crash, you don't risk much), is tricky and just a workaround. At the time there was no insider package that fixes it, there was no alternative but this hack. I personally faced no issue at all w/ that workaround and am waiting for the next stable to jump in, I consider the insider one as less reliable. Regards, -- wwp -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 836 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20171121/2efc4806/attachment-0005.sig>