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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. > 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). > 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 -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/ http://e-mail.is-not-s.ms/
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