Re: [Gramps-users] SOLVED: Re: Geography view broken in 3.4.2-1?

[doug <do...@o2...>]

On 31/12/12 13:27, Benny Malengier wrote:
> Doug,
>
> A tar is not a package. The README says what is needed.
> People creating a .deb or .rpm must make sure the
> dependencies are set.
>
> Benny

Benny,

Exactly my gripe!

Doug





<snip>
>
>     Solved the problem, but I have a bit of a grumble:
>
>     I decided to look into the osmgpsmap dependencies  -which
>     proved troublesome to track down - and found several were
>     missing on my OS.
>     Now they're installed, Geography behaves properly.
>
>     My gripe is that, were I installing from a tar file, I'd
>     expect to check up on dependencies and to get error messages
>     when any were missing.
>     I wouldn't expect to install from a package and be left with
>     a defective installation, having had no message or other
>     indication that there was something wrong. I don't know if
>     this is unfair, but to an inexperienced user it seems like
>     sloppy packaging.
>
>     Doug
>
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