On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 12:31:03PM +0530, Kinjal Sonpal wrote: > Ashok Iyer wrote on Tuesday, January 22, 2002 > > > Install the upgrade RPM, I will mail you the upgrade > > rpm on your e-mail ID. I am not sure whether this > > version is available for download, but I have it on > > my disk. > > Thnks for the rpm. I cud upgrade the RPM properly. > > > This will upgrade your rpm. Installing the gcc rpm > > may then work. > > This still does not work. Actually there looks to be some > dependancies associated with gcc. In order to satisfy those > dependancies, I was asked to upgrade/install > binutils, cpp, and glibc packages, which again gave me some more > dependancy problems. > > I think rather than upgrading/installing separate packages, I > might be better off with upgrading entire installation. I have > the PCQ CDs with me. Will this be a good idea? I can't afford to > remove the current installation, mainly becoz there're no means > to back-up the current data.
This is precisely the reason why some of us have chosen the model of Debian distro, and the superb apt-get technology. Not to open a distro war, but to inform people here that these problems are solved ingeniously already. Nagarjuna _______________________________________________ http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
