Thank you both for the info. Maybe this why I am having so many dependency problems when I am trying to install some of these rpm's. In one case I just could not find the rpm's i needed for redhat and tried to install the rpm's from conectiva. And that led to a whole bunch of failed depenedencies etc. Good to know this! Vinay --- Paul Nasrat <pnasrat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 2005-05-26 at 11:22 -0700, Vinay > Venkataraghavan wrote: > > Hi guys, > > > > Thanks for your replies. I think the problem as > Sean > > said was that I was trying to upgrade using the -U > > option rather than just install it. > > > > I have one other question. Does the distribution > an > > rpm comes from matter. For instance if I have an > rpm > > that is available from Conectiva, can I use it on > Red > > hat. It seems to me that only the architecture > would > > matter right? > > Yes - a distribution has it's own packaging policy - > naming conventions, > file locations, configuration tools, etc. Also if > distributions have > differing library versions requires wi > > Mixing binary RPM's between distributions is bad - > DO NOT DO THIS!!! > > As mentioned by Ken, rebuilding a srpm for your > distribution is one > option. Otherwise look for third party repositories > for your > distribution (arch, vendor and release matter) that > may provide the > package. > > Paul > > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
