On Thu, 17 Apr 2003 17:41:04 -0700, Carol Anne Ogdin <caogdin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message <OFCE07B0DA.63D2DEA4-ON88256D0C.0002759A-88256D0C.0003C28A@xxxxxxxxxxxx m>: > Red Hat 7.3 (v2.4.18) supplies iptables v1.2.5, which relies on glibc > v2.2.5. I'd like to apply the rpm for v1.2.7a, but the RH distro > demands glibc v2.3. > I've looked through the changelogs and don't see any particular > requirement for glibc v2.3 and I'm wondering if it would be safe to > install the rpm and ignore it's dependency on glibc 2.3. > > Alternatively, I could put glibc v2.3 on the RH 7.3, the install > iptables v1.2.7a. > > What would you do? ..'rpmbuild -ta iptables-1.2.8.tar.bz2' or somesuch, should use what you have in your box. You _may_ have to chuck in a few *-devel.rpm's etc, rpm should whine which to 'rpm -ivh'. > (I plan to upgrade to RH 9 when I have time, but that has other > consequences and I want to make sure I test my configuration first, > but in the meantime, I need to see if a later iptables will fix a > problem I've having.) > > --Carol Anne > > > > -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case.
