Ben Barrett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >Hmm, maybe see if you're trying to upgrade an existing package, (by >doing something like 'rpm -qa|grep ftpd') and if so, use the -U option >for rpm instead of -i. AFAIK, -U can be used even for installs of new >packages, so (if that's right) it could/should be used instead of -i >anytime. I use -Uvh. rpm -Uvh wu-ftpd-2.6.2-12.i386.rpm rpm: relocation error: rpm: undefined symbol: poptAliasOptions This .rpm is made for redhat 9.0. If I type "rpm" all by itself I get the same error.
> >Also: is this .rpm file made for RedHat 9? It might be somewhat >distro-dependent, if not... or maybe there's more cruft left over from >mandrake. (You managed to upgrade a mandrake to redhat, using a CD and >clicking upgrade?? nice, except for the headaches!) >Also, if worse comes to worse, say if you can determine that there is a >conflict with the existing package or other ones, remove whatever >related stuff you can afford to remove, temporarily (rpm -e, but be >careful, as it does not save backups as it uninstalls), do your install >or upgrade, and then fix up your package set. For instance, to upgrade >from redhat 7.x to 9, I had to remove a TON of packages, since I was >using a lot of .fr2 (freshrpms) and .ximian (er, Novell) packages which >made for horrible unresolvable conflicts until I erased all those >outsourced ones, did the upgrade, then recovered based merely on a saved >list of packages... my dvd reader still doesn't work again though, wah! I installed over the top of Mandrake. I didn't tell it to upgrade. How would I install rpm if the current rpm program is busted? > >regards, > > Ben > > >On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 20:59:47 +0000 >"Bob Crandell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >| Hi, >| >| When I type rpm -i wu-ftpd-2.6.2-12.i386.rpm on a brand new Redhat 9.0 >| box I get >| rpm: relocation error: rpm: undefined symbol: poptAliasOptions >| >| This is an upgrade from mandrake 7.2 that didn't go well. >| >| help. >| >| Thanks >| Bob >| >_______________________________________________ >EuG-LUG mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug > -- Assured Computing When you need to be sure. [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.assuredcomp.com Voice - 541-868-0331 FAX - 541-463-1627 Eugene, Oregon _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
