On Sat, 2007-03-10 at 07:36 -0500, Robert Cahn wrote:
> When I try and update this package I get
>
> [('file /lib/libblkid.so.1.0 from install of e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-7.fc6
> conflicts with file from package e2fsprogs-1.38-0.FC4.1', (7,
> '/lib/libblkid.so.1.0', 0L)), ('file /lib/libcom_err.so.2.1 from
> install of e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-7.fc6 conflicts with file from package
> e2fsprogs-1.38-0.FC4.1', (7, '/lib/libcom_err.so.2.1', 0L)),
> ('file /lib/libe2p.so.2.3 from install of e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-7.fc6
> conflicts with file from package e2fsprogs-1.38-0.FC4.1', (7,
> '/lib/libe2p.so.2.3', 0L)), ('file /lib/libext2fs.so.2.4 from install
> of e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-7.fc6 conflicts with file from package
> e2fsprogs-1.38-0.FC4.1', (7, '/lib/libext2fs.so.2.4', 0L)),
> ('file /lib/libss.so.2.0 from install of e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-7.fc6
> conflicts with file from package e2fsprogs-1.38-0.FC4.1', (7,
> '/lib/libss.so.2.0', 0L)), ...
>
> Is there a "proper way" to proceed? Do I uninstall version
> 1.38-0.FC4.1 and then reinstall the new version? Since I have no idea
> what might break under such a process I thought I'd see if anybody
> else has tried it.
Not sure, but the jump from FC4 to FC6 is pretty large, If you can back
up your data, I'd do a clean install. Much faster, less messier and
usually worth the effort, unless you have a minimal machine (ex: PIII
with 128 megs of memory). I'd then goto FC5 and halt right there.
Good luck, Ric
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