Well, of course there is the simple, although a bit raw method - you install the new packages, using --force or --nodeps, you check to see what's broken, and if it's beyond your ability to replair, you downgrade back to your original version. Keep besides you the following: Rescue CD (MDK9 CDs can be used as rescue CDs) the original RPM package 20 minutes - 1.5 hours, depends on the severity of the demage.
As easy as this. Ez. On Saturday 07 February 2004 14:09, Maor Meir wrote: > Hi, > I hava a Mandrake 9.0 system installed and I wish to upgrade to > glibc2.3 I thought the best way would be to use a Mandrake rpm package, > (was I wrong?) > > after downloading rpm packages and solving a few minor dependencies > problems I ended up with the following sets of rpms to install: > glibc-2.3.2-14mdk.i586.rpm > glibc-devel-2.3.2-14mdk.i586.rpm > glibc-static-devel-2.3.2-14mdk.i586.rpm > locales-2.3.2-5mdk.i586.rpm > locales-en-2.3.2-5mdk.i586.rpm > > however I still have a conflict: > error: failed dependencies: > initscripts < 6.91-18mdk conflicts with glibc-2.3.2-14mdk > > I currently have installed initscripts-6.91-16.1mdk > > I do not want to upgrade my initscripts because: > a. that gives more dependencies problems. > b. I made some creative changes to my initscripts. > c. I am not sure what would happen to my system. > > I checked which files my current initscripts has and which > are dynamicly linked execuetables and eneded up with the following list: > /bin/doexec > /bin/ipcalc > /bin/usleep > /sbin/consoletype > /sbin/getkey > /sbin/initlog > /sbin/minilogd > /sbin/netreport > /sbin/ppp-watch > /usr/sbin/usernetctl > > this was done by doing: rpm -ql initscripts > foo > file -f foo | grep dynamically | cut -d":" -f1 > I figure these are the programs in danger of breaking, but this > is where I got stuck. > > I am trying to figure out if I can safely force the installation of > glibc2.3 with out breaking my system. or if there is an alternative way > for upgrading my system considering I like installting other programs > from rpm. > > I was unable to find initscripts-6.91-18mdk to compare with > initscripts-6.91-16mdk only much newer versions. > > comments/suggestions? > > Meir > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Haifa Linux Club Mailing List (http://www.haifux.org) > To unsub send an empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Haifa Linux Club Mailing List (http://www.haifux.org) To unsub send an empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
