On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 05:53:10PM -0400, Steven W. Orr wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Karl J. Runge wrote:
>
> Sheesh! I get great adice from you guys and it just gets worse!
>
> I downloaded the XFree86 from rawhide (XFree86-4.1.0-0.20.0.src.rpm) and
> did an rpm -bb after installing the src:
UGH! Don't use RPMs from rawhide on any system that you care about!
They're almost guaranteed to be broken, and often will break your
system BAD. If you want to upgrade to 4.1.0, I'd recommend getting
the binaries from XFree86.org and running the install script. This
will obsolete the relevant entries in your RPM database, true; but it
won't break your system.
It might be a good idea to remove all your X RPMs first...
> I also tried -bb, -bp and even the lowly -bl with the same result.
> I seem to be able to build other things ok. But now I need guidance to
> possible screw myself up in a much worserer way. I'm running rpm-4.0.2-8
> which is stock with RH-7.1 and I'm wondering if I can upgrade rpm to the
> rpm-4.0.3-0.96 (96!?! This is not instilling confidence.) without
> irreversible tragedy.
Well, anything's possible, but I seriously doubt it.
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