Re: flexfax: Problem with setting up Hylafax

[Darren Nickerson <darren@dazza.org>]

In message <20000316165522.7E7D42AE8D@i3.golden.dom>, Giulio Orsero writes:
>On Thu, 16 Mar 2000 13:36:42 +0000, hai scritto:
>
>>When I tried to install Hylafax 4.0 on Linux (Redhat) - I get the
>>following error message
>>
>>    error: failed dependencies:
>rpm --nodeps .....
>
>>            error: file /urs/bin/faxrm from install of
>>hylafax-4.1beta1-1rh6 conflicts with file from package
>>mgetty-sendfax-1.1.1.14-8
>>What did I do wrong?  Does anyone know what the problem is?
>if you use hylafax you want to uninstall mgetty-sendfax first:
>rpm -e mgetty-sendfax


Presently the hylafax RPM cannot be installed at the same time as the mgetty 
RPM. You have to do:

	rpm -e mgetty-sendfax

I welcome suggestions on less ugly ways to resolve this . . . it seems 
inevitable though since the two packages use such similar filenames and 
directories.

-Darren