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Neil Williams wrote: > On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:44:27 +0000 > Grant Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> Neil Williams wrote: >> >>> Because you are updating Gtk which depends on cups. >>> >> Cheers Neil, >> >> So... updating a GTK application (network-manager-gnome) requires >> that GTK be updated, which in-turn requires that CUPS be updated? >> > > No, updating across a distribution means using symbols from the > recent versions of Gtk and supporting libraries. You already have gtk > installed, updating it means also updating other dependencies. > Ah, so the newer version of network-manager-gnome depends on a newer gtk than I have. >> How on earth does CUPS depend on GTK?! >> > Wrong way round - Gtk includes print capabilities (via gtksourceview > and other text-oriented widgets and the entire print-preview widget set > that is a core piece of gtk). > Isn't that a bit extreme though? I thought the idea was to compartmentalize these things for more streamlined dependency management. >> Is there any tool that you can think of that'll show a "map" of >> dependencies, so to speak. Show what depends on what in a >> tree/spider mechanish? >> > debtree > > http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/emdebian/depends.html > Looks interesting. Cheers. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html