[RULE] About the screenshot tool

[M. Fioretti]

On Sun, May 11, 2003 19:12:02 at 07:12:02PM +0200, Ingo Lantschner  ingo at vum.at  wrote:
> > Marco's script requires several additional packages. I've built an rpm for 

First of all, sincere thanks to Michael for packaging!!

> Totaly this script requires 56 MB of files, which is quiet a lot. Most
> of it (42 MB) is required by perl. 

I had not realized this (because I usually install Perl before
anything else). I agree that for a screenshot tool alone 56 extra meg
are a shameful overkill. *IF* the box is only used for Abiword,
browsing and email, that is. Anything just a bit more sophisticated
would require Perl sooner or later anyway. But I digress.

1) YES, we have to find something with much less dependencies than
this for screenshot grabbing (or repackage it): ideas?

2) What of the packages listed by Michael brought Perl in?

> 
> Question 2: Due to dependencies-cirkle I neeeded the nodeps-option for
> perl. 
Can you provide details on this?

>Am i right or would there have been an other solution?

Theoretically, the --nodeps option is reserved to *very* seasoned RH
users who really know what they are doing (I don't place myself at
this level of gurudom). In practice, if is not a mission critical
server, and one doesn't pretend to make a rock-solid, general purpose,
heavily customized system (see the *IF*) above, nobody should yell at
you (not too angrily, anyway).

As a matter of fact, we have to find a general solution, and what you
were forced to do might very possibly just be the last in a very long
series of encounters with broken RPM packaging, not yours or RULE's
fault. That's why I'd really like to know which errors/warnings forced
you to go that route.

    Ciao,
		Marco Fioretti

PS: I received the data for your computer, thanks.
-- 
Marco Fioretti                 mfioretti
Red Hat for low memory         www.rule-project.org

If you have the right attitude, interesting problems will find you
                Eric S. Raymond, "The Cathedral and the bazaar", chapter 2


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