On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 16:22, seth vidal wrote: > On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 09:37, Simon Kitching wrote: > > By the way, is it possible to run newer yum versions on RH8.0? > > The yum downloads page at > > http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/download.ptml > > seems clear that 1.0.3 is the appropriate version for RH8, but I'm > > always hopeful :-) If so, any hints on what needs to be upgraded would > > be appreciated. Note that I'm intending to use yum to apply mandatory > > patches & updates to an RH8 server, so upgrading to RH9 is *not* an > > option... > > if you update rpm to rpm 4.1.1 - available at download.fedora.us then > you can run yum 2.0.4 with red hat linux 8.0. Alas, it doesn't seem to be that simple. rpm 4.1.1 requires popt-1.7.1 RH8 comes with popt-1.7 popt-1.7 and popt-1.7.1 conflict :-( I guess I'm stuck with yum 1.0.3 (and anonymous ftp). Still, even at 1.0.3, it seems like yum will make my life a lot easier! Regards, Simon
