On Fri, 2004-07-23 at 14:02, Greg Rundlett wrote:
> I'm upgrading from rh8 to fc2 and the install warns me that there are
> 3rd-party packages installed which overlap with packages included in
> fc2. If I wish to continue this may cause the packages to not work
> properly or other system stability issues. It tells me to see the
> Release Notes for more information, but I read the release notes and
> there is not mention of this circumstance. I wish it would tell me more
> about *which* packages are concerned.
>
> Unable to find any relevant info on google, I'm thinking it might just
> solve itself if I upgrade to RedHat 9, then FC2.
>
> I don't want to do a fresh install, because I'm not at all versed in
> restoring all my personal data and preferences, and don't want to hassle
> with it. I do have a backup of my data in case there are problems.
>
> Does anyone know how I would find out which 3rd-party packages FC2 is
> concerned with -- so that I might then uninstall them before the upgrade?
I've not done that upgrade, but when you get the message, try
switching to one of the other virtual consoles. The Red Hat
installs display more information there and it may give you a clue.
You could also try to figure out the offending package by running
something like this:
# rpm -q --queryformat '%{NAME} / %{DISTRIBUTION} / %{VENDOR} \n'
-qa|grep -v "Red Hat"
On one of my servers this is some of what I see:
hpasm / (none) / Hewlett-Packard Company
MySQL-server / (none) / MySQL AB
j2sdk / (none) / Sun Microsystems
DSDB / (none) / Altiris Inc.
mxconsole / (none) / PolyServe, Inc.
Then try removing those packages not provided by Red Hat.
Or you could consider using debian. :-)
-marc
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