On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 18:03, seth vidal wrote: > On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 13:51, Simon Kitching wrote: > > 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! > > just for fun: > add this to your yum.conf: > > [fedora-patches] > name=Fedora $releasever Patches > baseurl=http://download.fedora.us/patches/redhat/$releasever/$basearch/yum/stable/ > > > then run yum update > > see if it gets you all updated and happy with rpm 4.1.1 and yum 2.0.X ummm ... yes. The upgrade worked. Now I need to scratch my head a bit and figure out why the new popt "conflicts" with the existing one when installed on its own, but installs as part of a "batch" of rpms. All this sysadmin stuff is hard - I'll be happy to get back to being a developer instead when this project is over :-) Anyway, thanks Seth.
