I have to maintain a RH 7.2 server. Yes, it's inconvenient,
and yes, it has to stay 7.2

To make this job easier, I went to FedoraLegacy.org
Fedora said I should install yum.
yum told me rpm 4.0.3 was too old.
I read the yum HOWTO, which had nice clear instructions, but...
I tried to install rpm 4.0.4 and it threw a dozen failed dependencies.

So... do I need to erase/update all of the dependent rpms?
Or should I tell it to ignore dependencies?
Or is there a command to simultaneously upgrade all of them?
etc?

Thanks in advance.

On 6/17/2004 10:07 AM, I believe that Frank Nospam wrote:

> I have to maintain a RH 7.2 server. Yes, it's inconvenient,
> and yes, it has to stay 7.2
>
> To make this job easier, I went to FedoraLegacy.org
> Fedora said I should install yum.
> yum told me rpm 4.0.3 was too old.
> I read the yum HOWTO, which had nice clear instructions, but...
> I tried to install rpm 4.0.4 and it threw a dozen failed dependencies.
>
> So... do I need to erase/update all of the dependent rpms?

probably update, I doubt erasing will do you any good.

> Or should I tell it to ignore dependencies?

I wouldn't, but it's your system. Be prepared for major flakiness if you do.

> Or is there a command to simultaneously upgrade all of them?

Doesn't rpm -Uvh *.rpm update all the .rpm files in the current
directory. Perhaps downloading all the dependancies, putting them in a
directory and issuing an 'rpm -Uvh *.rpm' will do the trick. Dunno for
sure, though.

> etc?
>
> Thanks in advance.

FWIW, meeting dependancies is usually the more prudent way to resolve
dependancies. Ignoring them is asking for trouble.

HTH,
Tim

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 10:07:06 -0400 Frank Nospam wrote:

> I have to maintain a RH 7.2 server. Yes, it's inconvenient,
> and yes, it has to stay 7.2
>
> To make this job easier, I went to FedoraLegacy.org

And yes, Fedora Legacy does not support RH 7.2 with bug fixing packages.

Alexander


--
Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany
PGP key valid: made 13.07.1999
PGP fingerprint: 2307 88FD 2D41 038E 7416 14CD E197 6E88 ED69 5653

Frank Nospam wrote:

> I have to maintain a RH 7.2 server. Yes, it's inconvenient,
> and yes, it has to stay 7.2
>
> To make this job easier, I went to FedoraLegacy.org
> Fedora said I should install yum.
> yum told me rpm 4.0.3 was too old.
> I read the yum HOWTO, which had nice clear instructions, but...
> I tried to install rpm 4.0.4 and it threw a dozen failed dependencies.

Are you sure you used the correct package for RHL7.2:
rpm -Uvh http://download.fedoralegacy.org/red....4-7x.i386.rpm

> So... do I need to erase/update all of the dependent rpms?
> Or should I tell it to ignore dependencies?

No!

> Or is there a command to simultaneously upgrade all of them?

Specify all the packages on the same rpm command line.

--
Markku Kolkka
markku.kolkka@iki.fi

tim wunder <twunder@REMOVEcomcast.net> wrote:
> directory. Perhaps downloading all the dependancies, putting them in a
> directory and issuing an 'rpm -Uvh *.rpm' will do the trick. Dunno for

Thanks much, that's exactly what I needed.

-F.

Frank Nospam wrote:
> tim wunder <twunder@REMOVEcomcast.net> wrote:
>> directory. Perhaps downloading all the dependancies, putting them in
>> a directory and issuing an 'rpm -Uvh *.rpm' will do the trick. Dunno
>> for
>
> Thanks much, that's exactly what I needed.

Be careful not to miss any undocumented ones. There's a nasty dependency
from RedHat 7.3 at least with newer versions of RPM where you also have to
install a newer glibc. Installing one without the other *breaks* RPM
entirely.