On Tue, 12 Nov 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm trying to upgrade my 6.2 server. What I really want is a current
> kernel (I'm running 2.2.14.)
>
> Right now I'm in the Linux (or at least Red Hat) version of 'DLL-Hell'. I
> gues we'd call it 'RPM-Hell'.
>
> The server currently has rpm 3.0.4. Most of the RPMs on the updates site
> require RPM 4 or above.
>
> I try to install rpm-4.0.2-6x.i386.rpm and I get a failed dependency.
> Need libdb-3.1 or higher. That's in glibc.
>
> Try to install glibc-2.1.3-28.i386.rpm. Failed dependency. Need rpm
> 4.0.1 or higher.
>
> I think you can see where this is going.
I don't recall the exact version/build numbers, but there was an
intermediate version of RPM. You needed to upgrade from 3.0.4 to the
intermediate version, then upgrade to 4.0.2. The procedure is described
in the errata for RPM for RH6.2.
--
Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
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