On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 09:46:19PM +0000, Jack Byers wrote:
redhat8.0
trying to upgrade glibc, rqrd to install firefox
Ed Wilts responded:
Short answer: never, ever, froce to force an install of glibc. Unless
you really, really know what you're doing, you *will* break your system
to the point of requiring a restore from backups or a fresh install.
any advice much appreciated
Back up your data files, do a fresh install of Fedora Core 4, and
restore your data.
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Ed Wilts, RHCE
I am not sure what your "froce to force" means
but your main point is well taken,
I obviously didnot, donot "really, really know what I am doing",
re trying to upgrade glibc
The google old msg i found was dealing w my exact situation
ie rh8.0, needing update of glibc inorder to install firefox.
And, I had thot the
rpm -Fvh glibc*rpm
command was safe
no "force" option or "nodeps" or anything like that,
on either my first one-long-command attempt
or on subsequent attempts after downloading the indiv rpms.
I also have wbel3 as a dual boot so i dont really need FC4 right now;
but i would like to retain the rh8.0 because of a legacy app....
so I am still looking for advice re my current mucked up
glibc situation on rh8.0
-- can i leave it this mixed way?
this box is still running, possible trouble on reboot?
-- is it worth trying to use rpm -Fvh on oldversions of
glibc-,glibc-common
to at least get me back to where I was before starting this process?
I am willing to give up attempts at installing firefox on rh8.0
thanks
Jack
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