On Fri, 30 May 2003, Joseph A Nagy Jr wrote:
> I think I've asked this before, but I can't remember so here I go again.
>
> I'm downloading all the RPM's for RH9 so I can update all the packages
> on my RH7.2 system. My question, is this a bad idea? The only reason I'm
> doing this is to get the latest gcc files, and to get gcc++ and
> libstdc++ and libstdc++-devel I have to remove 82 packages (indcluding
> some Apache modules, most of KDE, and a few other miscellanous files).
>
> I really only want ONE package (FreeCiv 1.14 (which requires glibc2,
> which when installed removed all the RH7.2 gcc files, which I figured
> might as well update anyways, which leads us to gcc++ 3.2.2-5 needing
> libstdc++ 3.2.2-5 which means 82 packages (including my web browser/mail
> client) gets removed, so if they get removed I figure I could update
> them, too)).
Why not just grab the ISOs and upgrade through the Red Hat installer? You
can do a hard-disk install without even burning the ISOs to CDs. Doing it
that way is Red Hat-tested.
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