Re: [CentOS] yum problem with glibc

2012-06-08 Thread Phoenix, Merka
Timothy, > -Original Message- > The problem is that the server is a long way away (in another country) > and I won't have any way of contacting it if it stops running. -- If your system is half-way around the world (or even half-way around the state), you might consider investing and inst

Re: [CentOS] yum problem with glibc

2012-05-30 Thread Timothy Murphy
Johnny Hughes wrote: >> Johnny Hughes suggested the command, so on that basis alone >> I would give it a high probability of success. > > If you have ALL the latest glibc/nscd files to replace all the installed > RPMS in the same place, and if you upgrade them all at the same time > (including an

Re: [CentOS] yum problem with glibc

2012-05-29 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 05/27/2012 06:03 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > John Stanley wrote: > > Now this is my last question: > Can I be reasonably (say 90%) sure that the above command > will not stop the server running? >>> The command in question was: rpm -Uvh --force *.rpm >>> where the RPMs were glibc and

Re: [CentOS] yum problem with glibc

2012-05-27 Thread Timothy Murphy
Les Mikesell wrote: > I've had yum sessions fail (probably mostly from starting them in a > freenx session...) but never to the point where > yum-complete-transaction did not fix it, so I don't have a good > feeling for what is actually happening. However, I wouldn't expect a > forced install of a

Re: [CentOS] yum problem with glibc

2012-05-27 Thread Les Mikesell
On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 6:03 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > >>> > Wait and schedule a downtime window for it. >>> >>> I don't know what a "downtime window" is in this context. >>> I'm either in the same place as the server, or I am not. >> >> Downtime Window:  It's when you schedule a specific time t

Re: [CentOS] yum problem with glibc

2012-05-27 Thread Timothy Murphy
John Stanley wrote: >> >> Now this is my last question: >> >> Can I be reasonably (say 90%) sure that the above command >> >> will not stop the server running? >> >> The command in question was: rpm -Uvh --force *.rpm >> where the RPMs were glibc and glibc-common. >> >> > No you can NOT and don'

Re: [CentOS] yum problem with glibc

2012-05-26 Thread John Stanley
On Sun, 2012-05-27 at 01:01 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > John Stanley wrote: > > >> Now this is my last question: > >> Can I be reasonably (say 90%) sure that the above command > >> will not stop the server running? > > The command in question was: rpm -Uvh --force *.rpm > where the RPMs were g

Re: [CentOS] yum problem with glibc

2012-05-26 Thread Timothy Murphy
John Stanley wrote: >> Now this is my last question: >> Can I be reasonably (say 90%) sure that the above command >> will not stop the server running? The command in question was: rpm -Uvh --force *.rpm where the RPMs were glibc and glibc-common. > No you can NOT and don't ever assume that. >

Re: [CentOS] yum problem with glibc

2012-05-26 Thread John Stanley
On Sat, 2012-05-26 at 12:45 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Now this is my last question: > Can I be reasonably (say 90%) sure that the above command > will not stop the server running? No you can NOT and don't ever assume that. That's a mistake thinking that. > The problem is that the server is

Re: [CentOS] yum problem with glibc

2012-05-26 Thread Timothy Murphy
Johnny Hughes wrote: > Based on your errors, what I would do is this: Thanking you again for all your help. I have one last question, and then I promise to ask no more! Could the rpm --force suggestion you make possibly stop the server working? > 1. You only need 1 version of glibc-common.x86_

Re: [CentOS] yum problem with glibc

2012-05-25 Thread Timothy Murphy
m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> I think I understand how it occurred. >> I tried to yum-remove a package >> (I don't remember which one, but it wasn't important) >> and I was told that 300+ packages would be removed. >> I wasn't sure it I would be asked yes/no to this >> (I know now that I will always

Re: [CentOS] yum problem with glibc

2012-05-25 Thread m . roth
Tim, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Johnny Hughes wrote: >> On 05/23/2012 04:41 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: >>> Johnny Hughes wrote: >> 3. The real issue here is to make sure you figure out HOW you got in >> this position and how NOT to get into it again. > > I think I understand how it occurred. > I tri

Re: [CentOS] yum problem with glibc

2012-05-25 Thread Timothy Murphy
Johnny Hughes wrote: First, thanks very much for continuing to help me. > On 05/23/2012 04:41 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: >> Johnny Hughes wrote: >> --- Error: Protected multilib versions: glibc-2.12-1.47.el6_2.12.x86_64 != glibc-2.12-1.47.el6_2.9.i686 >>>

Re: [CentOS] yum problem with glibc

2012-05-23 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 05/23/2012 04:41 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Johnny Hughes wrote: > >>> --- >>> Error: Protected multilib versions: glibc-2.12-1.47.el6_2.12.x86_64 != >>> glibc-2.12-1.47.el6_2.9.i686 >>> ** Found 3 pre-existing rpmdb problem(s), 'yum check' output follows: >>> bash-4

Re: [CentOS] yum problem with glibc

2012-05-23 Thread Timothy Murphy
Johnny Hughes wrote: >> --- >> Error: Protected multilib versions: glibc-2.12-1.47.el6_2.12.x86_64 != >> glibc-2.12-1.47.el6_2.9.i686 >> ** Found 3 pre-existing rpmdb problem(s), 'yum check' output follows: >> bash-4.1.2-9.el6_2.x86_64 is a duplicate with >> bash-4.1.2-

Re: [CentOS] yum problem with glibc

2012-05-22 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 05/22/2012 05:05 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Is anyone getting a yum update problem with glibc and glibc-common? > I'm getting the error message > --- > Error: Protected multilib versions: glibc-2.12-1.47.el6_2.12.x86_64 != > glibc-2.12-1.47.el6_2.9.i686 > ** Found 3

[CentOS] yum problem with glibc

2012-05-22 Thread Timothy Murphy
Is anyone getting a yum update problem with glibc and glibc-common? I'm getting the error message --- Error: Protected multilib versions: glibc-2.12-1.47.el6_2.12.x86_64 != glibc-2.12-1.47.el6_2.9.i686 ** Found 3 pre-existing rpmdb problem(s), 'yum check' output follows