mjpegtools dependency problem: SDL_gfx conflict

[Matthias Saou]

Tom Gramila wrote :

> I have run into a problem updating mjpegtools to 
> 	mjpegtools.x86_64 0:1.9.0-0.4.fc6 
> 
> yum reports a dependency conflict:
> 	libSDL_gfx.so.13()(64bit) is needed by package mjpegtools
> 
> The problem, I think, stems from having both freshrpms and dries enabled,
> and SDL_gfx on my machine has been updated to
> 	SDL_gfx-2.0.15-1.fc6.rf
> Which is from dries.
> 
> Is there a sensible way for me to work around this conflict?  I am a bit 
> reluctant to download mjpegtools and force the install with rpm.
> 
> It has been my experience that dries and freshrpms really do "play nice"
> together, and that problems like this, when I have noticed them in the
> past, have generally been sorted out in days.  Since this condition was
> also true for mjpegtools.x86_64 0:1.9.0-0.3, I figured it finally made
> sense to ask about it.  

This is actually more of an issue between Dries and Extras : SDL_gfx is
included in main Extras, and still at version 2.0.13, which is the one
I rebuild my packages against. I think Dries should prevent SDL_gfx
rebuilds to happen in his repository, at least for Fedora releases.

Matthias

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