At 11:08 PM 31/07/02 +1000, you wrote: >it's definitely an easier path. You fix the dependencies for one program >and it fixes them for everything else.
cool >nope. Well, that may work, I'm not sure. If there's stuff not working, see >if there is config file with a rpmnew extension. A lot of the time you can >just copy the rpmnew file over the old one and it will work, but diff them >to see what's happening. some are same, others, like /etc/securetty are diff >Was that file from the same version of mandrake as the one you're running? >If it's not there will be lots of dependencies, if it's the same version >it should be fairly straightforward though (assuming you've installed gcc >et al) its from mdk 8.2, thats at least where I downloaded from planetmirror >ok, replace securetty with securetty.rpmnew. You'll be able to log in then. excellent, let you know in 24hrs Russell
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