On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 08:54, Simon Bryan wrote: > How much chaos is likely to ensue if I uninstall the rpm's ignoring dependencies and > then install 2.1.23 from source?
In this situation I usually grab the SRPM of the old code and the .tar.gz of the new code. I then alter the /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/*.spec file to reference the new tar.gz. I then use rpmbuild to great a new RPM. Building your own RPMs is straightforward if you've got a good .spec file to start with. Building your own RPM doesn't stuff up package management, and when Red Hat comes out with a later version of the package then the one you made you are automatically upgraded. If you decide just to use a locally-built version then take some care to install it in exactly the places the dependencies expect (ie, /usr/local might not work). Best to check these by hand using "strings". The amount of work involved is roughly equal to building your own updated RPM. -- Glen Turner Tel: (08) 8303 3936 or +61 8 8303 3936 Network Engineer Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Australian Academic & Research Network www.aarnet.edu.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
