On Thursday 20 December 2001 01:32 am,[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: <snip> > > Refresh my memory, what was the problem you were trying to solve? If > memory serves, you were trying to install an RPM that uses a newer > version of RPM than that supported by the version of RPM you have > installed. > > Kurt
Thanks for all of the useful tips on ld.so.conf. (how do you know so much about this stuff??) Yes, that's what I was trying to do. Then . . . . 1. I tried to install rpm 3.0.6 and it complained about a failed dependency for libdb.so.2 that I clearly had (a link from libdb.so.2 to libdb1.2.1.2.so). 2. I did rebuilddb. 3. I did a query on rpm and it did not know the package from which libdb.so.2 came. 4. Tim looked in his box and found that libdb.so.2 came from db-2.7.7-12.rpm 5. I got out a eW3.0 disk I have and loaded db-2.7.7-8.rpm and rpm 3.0.6-1. Bingo! 6. Meanwhile, Skippy provided an interesting tip on adding the path to the library to /etc/ld.so.conf ( I did not yet try this but it looks cool). 7. Also, during the thread, I had yet another rpm with exactly the same problem and I used --force --nodeps with no problem. -- Tony Alfrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I'd rather be sailing" _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
