Well, I threw caution to the wind, and did the rpm -i with --force.
Worked fine.
Now, in.ftpd runs without complaint.
I "knew" I hadn't upgraded this machine much, although I did upgrade the
kernel, but, heck, everything IS backed up (i think).
Joel
On Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 06:30:58PM -0800, Net Llama wrote:
> Be very careful what you do with glibc. If you glibc is not
> installed/upgraded correctly, you will render your entire system
> unbootable, *permanently*.
>
> If you're trying to reinstall the same exact RPM, then it should be
> safe, although i'd wonder why you're suddenly missing files.
>
> --- Joel Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I found the libcrypt library in the col 2.4 disks. It is in the
> > glibc-2.1.2-3.i386.rpm
> > Is it safe to uninstall the old rpm before installing this one over
> > it?
> > Should I just use -force to make it install?
> > Is this a really bad idea?
>
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