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[Paul <dufflebunk AT dufflebunk.homeip.net>]

The other solution is easy, not use gettext for wget. It is now an
optional_depends.

On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 08:32, evraire AT tuwg.com wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>   I'm in the process of setting up a new SMGL system from the 0.9.1 ISO.  
> Immediately upon rebooting from the hard disk (as fresh an installation you 
> can have), I switched to the test grimoire and attempted to "sorcery 
> system-update".  Unfortunately this suffered the wget+gettext bug 
> previously discussed on this mailing list.
> 
>   To summarize, gettext was upgraded and triggered a cast on wget, which 
> failed because wget tried to download its source and couldn't: the gettext 
> library it was linked to (version 2) was no longer present.  The fix was to 
> symlink the version 2 library to the new version 3, then "summon wget", 
> then delete the symlink, then "cast -c wget".  Once wget is restored, 
> everything is back to normal.
> 
>   I haven't filed a bug for this since it's a known issue, and in the case 
> of the ISO the fix is extremely simple: include wget linked to the newer 
> version 3 gettext library on the ISO.  This may require pulling the newer 
> gettext into stable though, I don't know.
> 
>   Happy SMGLing!
> 
>   Jonathan Evraire
>   evraire at tuwg.com
> 
> 
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