I like the idea, however I am attempting to
upgrade within 7.1. I believe that this is the
best build I can get with GNOME native archetecture.
IF I were to upgrade the libraries, would it be
feasable to re-compile, or somehow get the newer
RPM to do a staic link, soley?
-Chris
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of civileme
> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 13:23
> To: TinyHoffman; Newbie
> Subject: Re: [newbie] RPM manager
>
>
> On Thursday 05 July 2001 14:29, TinyHoffman wrote:
> > o.k.
> >
> > I am running mdk7.1,
> >
> > I want to upgrade a few parts, now that
> > I have a solid footing on the OS.
> >
> > I attempted to upgrade my pppd to IV,
> > fom II, but found that my RPM would not
> > take a package >= 3(major number)...
> >
> > the RPM archives at redhat suggested that
> > I upgrade to 3.0.6 (from the stock 3.0.4),
> > and then to 4.0.x...
> >
> > Now the 3.0.4 won't upgrade without a glibc
> > <=2.1.3.
> >
> > a: can I safely run two libraries?
> >
> > b: Is there a better way of upgrading my
> > RPM manager?
> >
> > or c: am I just approaching the bull from the
> > wrong end?
> >
> > -Chris Hoffman
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> It is easy to break your system by having two libraries because the
> links have to be managed very very carefully. We took care of that
> in 8.0 by changing library naming and packaging policies.
>
> 7.1 is a stable system with only one serious bug in the script to
> rotate logs which is fixed by removing a * at the end of a line. It
> is also arguably the most beautiful mandrake release ever done.
> Theme support is still not back to what it was before the inception
> of KDE2.
>
> On Mandrakefroum you can find an article anout two mandrake systems
> on the same computer dual-booting. I would really suggest that
> alternative. Get an 8.0 for the rpm4 stuff and keep your classic OS.
>
> http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=473&lang=en
>
> Civileme
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