"R.I.P. Deaddog" wrote:
>
> On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Spencer wrote:
>
> > > In fact it CAN be installed and upgraded, but via command line:
> > >
> > > rpm -ivh GConf-xxxxx.rpm libGConf1-xxxxx.rpm
> > >
> > > Ditto for rpm -Uvh. I'm not sure the outcome when using urpmi or
> > > mandrakeupdate though.
> > >
> > > The best fix seems to be merging GConf and libGConf1 together into 1
> > > package.
> > >
> > I tried that from command line and it complained about circular
> > dependency. I would still have to force one package.
>
> Here is my upgrading of GConf:
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> [root@mobile i686]# rpm -Uvh --test libGConf1-1.0.1-2mdk.i686.rpm
>GConf-1.0.1-2mdk.i686.rpm
> [root@mobile i686]# rpm -Uvh libGConf1-1.0.1-2mdk.i686.rpm GConf-1.0.1-2mdk.i686.rpm
> libGConf1 ##################################################
> GConf ##################################################
> Initializing XML backend module
> Directory/file permissions for XML source at root /etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults are:
>755/644
> Installed schema `/schemas/desktop/standard/recent-document-entry' for locale `C'
> Installed schema `/schemas/desktop/standard/save-location-entry' for locale `C'
> Unloading XML backend module.
> [root@mobile i686]#
> --------------------------------------------------
>
The trouble is Abel, that doesn't work on a fresh install. I had nothing
to upgrade. Even Mandrake's installer failed ;(
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Spence
