23 messages in net.sourceforge.lists.courier-usersRe: [courier-users] Courier-IMAP and ...
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Subject:Re: [courier-users] Courier-IMAP and MySQL problemActions...
From:Sam Varshavchik (mrs@courier-mta.com)
Date:Dec 27, 2005 3:27:47 pm
List:net.sourceforge.lists.courier-users

Lyndon Tiu writes:

On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 10:45:17 -0800 yiny@eburg.com wrote:

Lyndon Tiu wrote:

2) Force install:

rpm -Uvh --force --nodeps courier-authlib-mysql-0.58-1.x86_64.rpm

Don't --force the installation of packages. If there's a dependency "issue", it needs to be resolved, or the software won't work.

Unless you know what you are doing.

And those who know what they're doing almost never use the --force option, instead choosing to fix the underlying dependency conflict.

--force is to be used only as a result of a packaging error that you are aware of, and understand.

If you do not understand the actual, underlying reason behind the dependency conflict that prevents a package from installing normally, using --force has little chance of succeeding; at best you'll be fooled into thinking that everything worked, because the software superficially appears to be working. Yet, it's only a matter of time before something bites you in the ass.