JD wrote:
Dear list,
My current system has
rpm-4.4.2.2-2
rpm-libs-4.4.2.2-2
rpm-python-4.4.2.2-2
I want to update to
rpm-perl-5.0-0.2.0
rpm-libs-5.0-0.2.0
rpm-build-5.0-0.2.0
rpm-5.0-0.2.0
rpm-python-5.0-0.2.0
The 5.0 builds are made for my version of fedora.
How can I update to the new 5.0 stuff safely, so that
I am not left without an rpm tool.
The dependencies are so many, I am not sure how I can
update and not break the dependents.
1) I'm not sure where this RPM 5.0 comes from. I've just been to
www.rpm.org, and the only versions available there are: 4.4.2, 4.5.90,
and 4.6.0 rc versions. Since 4.6.0 rc3 is available in rawhide and FC10
where does version 5.0 come from?
2) Where did you get the builds for you version of fedora. What *is*
your version of fedora?
3) What are the dependencies? If it was built for *your* version of
fedora, there should be no dependency issues that are not resolvable
through proper invocation of your favorite package manager (rpm, yum,
packegkit, etc). Sounds more like the version you have (where it did
come from) is *not* for you version of fedora. If that is the case, and
you don't know how to handle the dependencies, I'd strongly recommend
that you refrain from upgrading to it.
4) If you *do* attempt the upgrade and its breaks rpm for you, you'll
have to rely on your rescue media to properly rescue your system and
re-install a working rpm on it.
Personally, I enjoy breaking my system now and again (not that I do it
on purpose), as I learn so much from fixing it (usually by hand, but in
the extreme case by a premature update to rawhide, and by premature, I
mean before I might have chosen to upgrade to rawhide on my own, which
is almost never B^) But I did rescue a broken FC3 system from a failed
FC4 upgrade by upgrading to FC5 about 1 month before its release.
--
Kevin J. Cummings
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Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org)
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