Re: Oops...

[Alexander Apprich <a apprich science-computing de>]

karlp ourldsfamily com wrote:
> 
> I updated gnorpm, but in attempting to update glibc... from 2.1 to 2.2, I
> get an error message from rpm:
> 
> error: failed dependencies:
>         rpm <= 4.0-0.65 conflicts with glibc-2.2-12
>         glibc < 2.2-12 conflicts with glibc-common-2.2-12
> 
> I used rpm --force -i glibc-2.2-12.i386.rpm
> and rpm --force -i  glibc-common-2.2-12.i386.rpm
> 
> On the two packages X returns when it fails to start on a 6.1 box I'm trying
> to upgrade just "parts" to 7.0. I know this is annoying, but everything but
> X is working and that's only for me. The other stuff is working for the
> other users just fine through telnet which is the only way they connect
> anyway.
> 
> Solution anyone?
> 
> Karl L. Pearson
> Senior Consulting Systems Analyst
> Senior Consulting Database Analyst
> karlp ourldsfamily com
> 
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Hi Karl!

I got the same Problem a few days ago. My solution was a

rpm -ivh glibc-2.2-12.i386.rpm glibc-common-2.2-12.i386.rpm

The Problem with --force is that you will never be able to make
a clean uninstall, because you are breaking depdencies.

regards

Alex
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