Re: [tlug] RedHat up2date funnies

[Jim Breen <jwb@example.com>]

[Matt Doughty (Re: [tlug] RedHat up2date funnies) writes:]
>> This is a shot in the dark since I havn't had to deal with this in a 
>> while, but those files are owned by the rpm package IIRC. I have had
>> troubles in the past when a newer version of RPM was needed. I would 
>> suggest seeing if 7.1 has a newer version available and if so trying
>> to install that by hand first.  It worked for me in the past.

I have rpm-4.0.2-8 installed (came with RH7.1) and up2date is trying to
put in rpm-4.0.4-7x. I downloaded that rpm from RH's site, but of course
it won't install, saying:

error: failed dependencies:
        rpm = 4.0.2 is needed by rpm-python-4.0.2-8
        rpm = 4.0.2 is needed by rpm-build-4.0.2-8
        rpm = 4.0.2 is needed by rpm-devel-4.0.2-8
        librpm.so.0   is needed by rpm-python-4.0.2-8
        librpm.so.0   is needed by gnorpm-0.96-1
        librpm.so.0   is needed by kdeadmin-2.1.1-3
        librpm.so.0   is needed by rpm-build-4.0.2-8
        librpm.so.0   is needed by perl-Perl-RPM-0.291-2
        librpm.so.0   is needed by rpm2html-1.5-4
        librpm.so.0   is needed by rpmfind-1.6-5
        librpmbuild.so.0   is needed by kdeadmin-2.1.1-3
        librpmbuild.so.0   is needed by rpm-build-4.0.2-8
        librpmio.so.0   is needed by rpm-python-4.0.2-8
        librpmio.so.0   is needed by gnorpm-0.96-1
        librpmio.so.0   is needed by kdeadmin-2.1.1-3
        librpmio.so.0   is needed by rpm-build-4.0.2-8
        librpmio.so.0   is needed by perl-Perl-RPM-0.291-2
        librpmio.so.0   is needed by rpm2html-1.5-4
        librpmio.so.0   is needed by rpmfind-1.6-5

It certainly seems to be a chicken-and-egg dependency problem.

I'm concerned about just blasting ahead with 4.0.4-7. It doesn't
seem to recognize later versions. For example, for RH7.2 they just put
Mozilla 0.99 on the up2date list. I have 1.0 installed already, but it
won't install several Mozilla-helper apps, saying it *must* have 0.99.

Perhaps I'm building up for a 7.3 upgrade.....

Jim

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