Subject: Re: [Yum] Yum version for Red Hat 7.2 From: Nigel Metheringham <Nigel.Metheringham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Yellowdog Updater, Modified" <yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Organization: InTechnology plc Date sent: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 17:21:26 +0100 Send reply to: "Yellowdog Updater, Modified" <yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:yum-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe> <mailto:yum-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe> > On Mon, 2004-08-02 at 17:07, John Fletcher wrote: > > popt upgrade fails as rpm 4.0.3 depends on the old one. > > rpm upgrade fails for lack of new popt plus a lot of other things > > depend on the old rpm. > > > > Is it O.K. to use force and then upgrade the things which depend on > > rpm? > > You really don't want to do this (a --force) if you can avoid it. > > The best thing, if possible, is to get the whole batch of packages > needed at once (ie rpm, popt and the things that depend on rpm - which > is stuff like the snmp daemon from what I remember), and upgrade them > all at once. > > ie bung them all in /tmp/pkgs and do > rpm -Fvh /tmp.pkgs/*.rpm > > Nigel. > -- > [ Nigel Metheringham Nigel.Metheringham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] > [ - Comments in this message are my own and not ITO opinion/policy - ] > > > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum > Thank you - this has given me the answer to the problem. Luckily there weren't any more dependencies thrown up. John ------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr John P. Fletcher Tel: (44) 121 359 3611 ext 4625 Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry (CEAC), School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), Aston University, Fax: (44) 121 359 4094 Aston Triangle, Email: J.P.Fletcher@xxxxxxxxxxx BIRMINGHAM B4 7ET U.K. CEAC Web site http://www.ceac.aston.ac.uk/
