[BlueOnyx:02965] Re: Installing BQ packages on BX...

[Michael Stauber]

Hi Darrell,

> Why is the only solution always to throw more money at something? 
> [...]
> At either the BlueOnyx-5.3-20090801 version or the BlueOnyx-5.4-20091107
> version, the developers took out the compatibility for BQ software.  I
> guess that's one way to get people to buy the aftermarket packages...

It was NEVER intended to be possible to install BlueQuartz PKGs on BlueOnyx to 
begin with. Because software designed for CentOS4 will cause issues on 
CentOS5, as they're not binary compatible.

However, some old PKGs had wildcards in the product field (which they 
shouldn't have had!) which allowed them to be installed almost anywhere. Even 
on platforms they're incompatible to.

So we did the sensible thing to make sure that legacy PKGs can no longer be 
installed on BlueOnyx.

Just look back through the list and see how many people broke their boxes 
before we corrected that problem. 

But you're of course free to work around the problem. We see you back when you 
broke your servers and we'll try real hard not to say: "Told you so!". 

Promised. :o)

-- 
With best regards

Michael Stauber