[CLUE-Tech] rpm incremental upgrade?

[Michael Clark]

version issues aside, rpm is not too bad:

As for moving to redhat7, you will have binary incompatibility with ALL other
linux distributions.  I know that rpm4 is relatively new and not backwards
compatible.  I don't know the exact reasons behind all of this, but when I want
to mess with some new app off of the web, I don't need library issues on top of
all other variables.  Redhat 6.2 is very stable, I would stick with that as a
base and update where necessary.


rpm switches that I commonly use:

to remove (erase) an rpm
rpm -e file.rpm

to install/upgrade an rpm (with hash marks ;-)
rpm -Uvh file.rpm

to install/upgrade an rpm without checking for dependencies (possibly
dangerous)
rpm --nodeps file.rpm
rpm -Uvh --nodeps file.rpm

to get around issues with rpm, use tgz ;-)

tgz is cross-distribution

mc

"Young, Ed" wrote:

> Tim: You may have been clear, just not to me ;)
>
> I guess I should now admit that I'm still rpm ignorant, if it's not readily
> apparent.
>
> Ya, Mike,  I have one system running Debian at home, but it's falling into
> disuse mainly since we're developing at work using RH systems. I've been
> developing using RH 6.0 (modified) but now need to upgrade the kernel for
> some new hardware support.  I should know more about rpm, I spoze...Now's a
> good time to learn perhaps.
>
> Tim suggested I do a full upgrade to 7.0. I'd love to do that *if* I can do
> it simply by either running an upgrade script, or some other "easy" method.
> Otherwise I'll upgrade the necessary libraries and packages, as long as I
> can figure out what they are.
>
> Currently, I'm looking at the 2.4.1 Documentation dir and it's telling me
> what libraries I need to upgrade. Upgrading rpm to do it was unexpected.
>
> So if it's easiest to upgrade fully to 7.0, can it be done simply by
> mounting the install disk and running the "upgrade" option. Will this make
> all my dreams come true? Is it like Debian where you issue "apt-get
> dist-upgrade" and it works (most of the time)
>
> I hate starting from scratch...
>
> See you guys at the meeting tonight,
>
> Ed
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Clark [SMTP:mclark at techangle.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 2:45 PM
> > To:   clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us
> > Subject:      Re: [CLUE-Tech] rpm incremental upgrade?
> >
> > I think that Ed is a Debian user, thus 'upgrade' to RH 7.0 may be
> > realative ;-).
> >
> > I would try to find the tar.gz file for either the binary or the source
> > and
> > compile it.  This would eliminate the cart/horse problem of the RPM.  I
> > have
> > heard rumors of the two versions of RPM conflicting, so you will probably
> > want
> > to remove any traces of RPM, then install the tar.gz version.
> >
> > Ed, are you still with Debian??
> >
> > mc
> >
> > Tim Russell wrote:
> >
> > > My point was that, instead of trying to get RPM, etc up to the new
> > standard,
> > > it may make sense to just do a wholesale upgrade to RH 7.0 now that the
> > > fixes make it, IMHO, reasonably stable.
> > >
> > > The "relevant errata RPM upgrades" I was referring to were the fixes
> > that
> > > RedHat released for 7.0 to fix the broken compiler they released with
> > it,
> > > etc.
> > >
> > > Sorry I wasn't clearer.
> > >
> > > Tim
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