On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 11:13:02PM -0400, Statux wrote:
No. It will only overwrite files that are being installed via RPM, should
it apply. Think about it.. how would the installation process know what is
non-RPM? All it is, is a bunch of random files, etc :)
I haven't tried it yet, but
On Fri, 20 Apr 2001 09:44:22 -0700 Dan Stromberg
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On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 11:13:02PM -0400, Statux wrote:
No. It will only overwrite files that are being installed via RPM,
should
it apply. Think about it.. how would the installation process know
what is
I'm running RedHat 6.1 on my machine and I'd like to update to redhat
7.1 ... But what I do not know is: I have some programs on the machine
which I did not install via a RPM-install but from a tarball ... and I
have several scripts on the machine which were not built via a rpm install
but by me
Wolfgang Pfeiffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm running RedHat 6.1 on my machine and I'd like to update to redhat
7.1 ... But what I do not know is: I have some programs on the machine
which I did not install via a RPM-install but from a tarball ... and I
have several scripts on the machine
it shouldn't be a problem, but be careful.
did your tarballs install to /usr/local, /home, or /opt? if so, you
should be in great shape.
do you plan to do the upgrade as an "upgrade" or do you plan to have the
installer start from scratch? should be obvious that if you start from
scratch and
First: thanks for your time, Michael.
Message from Michael R. Jinks on Thu, 19 Apr 2001, 14:23 -0500:
it shouldn't be a problem, but be careful.
did your tarballs install to /usr/local, /home, or /opt? if so, you
should be in great shape.
I will have to do a thorough check first, but what
Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
First: thanks for your time, Michael.
you are welcome to it. it is worthless anyhow. check the archives.
also be aware that goofy stuff like library dependencies and suchlike
may break your old software even if all your files remain intact.
... you mean that
Message from Trond Eivind Glomsrd on 19 Apr 2001, 15:08 -0400:
Wolfgang Pfeiffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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Will an update to redHat 7.1 delete all this non-rpm software on the
machine?
Usually not. However, if a file is part of an rpm marked for upgrade,
it will be
Thanks again, Michael.
Message from Michael R. Jinks on Thu, 19 Apr 2001, 16:00 -0500:
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well, if your current, cleanly-linked object files (libraries or
whatever) depend upon shared libraries which go away during the upgrade,
you'll have trouble. an instance i've run into from time
No. It will only overwrite files that are being installed via RPM, should
it apply. Think about it.. how would the installation process know what is
non-RPM? All it is, is a bunch of random files, etc :)
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