Re: A word to the wise regarding failed fedup upgrades

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On Wednesday 04 June 2014 17:16:54 Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 04, 2014 at 04:45:16PM +0100, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> > If you try to fedup and the fedup doesn't work (completed but kernel
> > panic on boot) don't try to 'yum erase' the duplicate RPM's. I goes
> > through the uninstall process and removes all the GLIBC files and leaves
> > you with a totally stuiffed server
>
> Yes indeed. Instead, use `package-cleanup --cleandupes` (possibly with the
> --noscripts flag if there are issues) from the yum-utils package.

I so wish I knew that one as I now can't log out because I know that if  I do 
I can never log in again.  I'm desparately trying to do whatever rescue I can 
without being able to actually load anything

-- 
Gary Stainburn
Group I.T. Manager
Ringways Garages
http://www.ringways.co.uk 
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