On Fri, 2003-02-21 at 06:40, Michael Kuss wrote: > On 21 Feb 2003, Bill and/or Chris wrote: > > > On Fri, 2003-02-21 at 05:00, Michael Schwendt wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 16:54:14 -0800, Jesse Keating wrote: > > > > > > > On Thursday 20 February 2003 16:51, Bill and/or Chris wrote: > > > > > I am trying to upgrade to the latest kernel, 2.4.18-24.8.0, and I keep > > > > > getting an error message from up2date saying, "Test install failed > > > > > because of package conflicts: package ppp-2.4.1-7 is already > > > > > installed". Any ideas on why this is happening and how I can resolve > > > > > it? Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > ppp package probably has to be updated at the same time or before the kernel > > > > install. rpm -Uvh the new ppp package, rpm -ivh the kernel package. > > > > > > To which ppp package should he upgrade? There hasn't been any ppp > > > upgrade for Psyche. > > > > > > Is that ppp-2.4.1-7 the original one from Psyche or from a different > > > site? What files does it contain? > > > > > > > It's the original one from the 8.0 disk. Here are the files it > > contains: > > > > # rpm -ql ppp > > snip > > well, I wanted to see if there is only one ppp installed on your system. > But the listing says it too. > > I think it consensus that it should work the way you are doing it. I > would try three things: > > 1) rpm -V ppp > Here are the results: # rpm -V ppp S.5....T c /etc/ppp/chap-secrets S.5....T c /etc/ppp/options S.5....T c /etc/ppp/pap-secrets > 2) the before mentioned erase of "conflicting packages" (reinstall ppp and > friends is not such a hassle), install kernel, and reinstall > > 3) rebuild the rpm database. Maybe something there got corrupted. I tried rebuilding the rpm database, but up2date still gives me the same error. I'll try #2 if nothing else works. --Bill -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
