Hi Jon, I am glad I could help somehow. Comments below. On 17 Jan 2003 14:49:12 +0100 Jon Haugsand <Jon-H.Haugsand@norges-bank.no> wrote: > Thank you very much. I am perhaps closer now. When trying out only > your packages, a lot was kissing, but this is due to all the old > packages I have installed that has to be upgraded. > > Therefore I tryied the big one once more: > > rpm -Uvh --test *.rpm > warning: fontconfig-2.1-1.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID > 897da07a warning: package redhat-config-xfree86 = 0.7.1-3 was already > added, replacing with redhat-config-xfree86 <= 0.7.1-5 error: Failed > dependencies: > libstdc++.so.5(GLIBCPP_3.2.2) is needed by ttmkfdir-3.0.5-1 > kernel-drm = 4.2.99.2 is needed by XFree86-4.2.99.3-20021230.4 > libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.2) is needed by > XFree86-libs-4.2.99.3-20021230.4 libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.3.2) > is needed by XFree86-tools-4.2.99.3-20021230.4 > > However, I'll try to use --force or something. Be careful since you're dealing with "sensitive" packages such as glibc. It could be just RPM inter-dependencies database gone mad, but you don't want to risk doing a big mess. Generally speaking, I only go for --force if I am absolutely sure I can ignore RPM warnings (such as in this kernel-drm case). One hint: you're installing pre-compiled RPMs, right? It seems latest RawHide packages were built with gcc 3.2 (which makes sense, since RH 8.0 is based on gcc 3.2; the "libstdc++.so.5(GLIBCPP_3.2.2)" above also suggests this). Maybe you should consider upgrading gcc first. If that's the case, I would consider using Hao Li's SRPMs (www.haoli.org/rpm), this is how I upgraded gcc on my box. I have these installed here on my RH 7.1: gcc-3.2.1-1 compat-libstdc++-3.2-1 compat-glibc-6.2-2.1.3.2 Before actually doing this, try the upgrade with "--test" first, because gcc comes with many critical libs that could break apps compiled with gcc 2.x (basically, your whole system ;) ) The "compat-*" RPMs above should handle this, though. Anyway, being extra careful wouldn't hurt. > Yes, that is a little bit irritating with rpm. Yeah, it is its biggest drawback IMHO =/ > Anyway, thank you very much. I'll try this out. Good luck, hope you are successful. It is indeed possible to manually update old RH systems as I did with my RH 7.1 (which is nowadays closer to 8.x than anything else), but I can't remember all the steps I had to take -- I know it's been a *long* way... Maybe you should consider, if at all possible, to do a full upgrade to RH 8.0. Best, Andre -- Andre Oliveira da Costa _______________________________________________ xfree86-list mailing list xfree86-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com
