Well here's the situation. I need openssl 0.9.6 but I also need openssl 0.9.5a. So RedHat came out with three packages: openssl-0.9.6 (refered to as 0.9.6) openssl-0.9.5a (refered to as 0.9.5a) openssl095a-0.9.5a (refered to as openssl095a)
Since you can't install two of the same package, they created the third one so you can install both 0.9.6 and 0.9.5a. So in order for me to install openssl-0.9.6 i had to install openssl095a so that the 0.9.5a didn't get killed. But I had to forcibly install openssl095a since the files are owned by the 0.9.5a package. So now we have openssl095a installed as well as 0.9.5a which really doesn't make a big diff since they cover the same files. I then installed 0.9.6 as an upgrade to 0.9.5a and that installed fine. So now I have the libs for openssl 0.9.5a (openssl095a-0.9.5a-14) and openssl 0.9.6 (openssl-0.9.6-9) installed and the the walls have come tumbling down. so openssl 0.9.5a is never removed, i just installed openssl095a 0.9.5a and then openssl 0.9.6 ALTHO it may be the case that i should've upgraded to 0.9.6 (forcibly) and then install openssl095a to cover my tracks. Anyhoo, I'm going to reinstall the original RPM and retry my procedures. Ben [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Why did you forcibly install and upgrade the packages? Were there error > messages without it? > > The ONLY time I'd ever forcibly install a package is if it was already > installed according to the RPM database but files were damaged. This is > because certain packages (eg openssl) cannot be removed and reinstalled > because of the number of dependencies on them. > > Likewise, I'd never use no-deps without a really really good reason. > ______________________________________________________________________ Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
