Re: Errata not working

[Jan Carlson <janc iname com>]

Matthew Schumacher wrote:

> I can't get about 80% of the RedHat 5.1 errata to install.

Here is how I solved that exact problem:

That's the problem: you need to 'upgrade' not 'install'.
You probably don't need to compile anything -
the modules can do most everything.

Have two directories of rpms called Normal and Other.
Start with all your update rpms in Normal.

Remove  rpm-2.5.3-5.1.i386.rpm    (it breaks glint)
Keep   rpm-2.5.2-1.i386.rpm            (it works fine)

Then move the following from Normal to Other:
   *2.0.35*.rpm
   XFree*.rpm
   *devel*.rpm

1. Go into Normal, and run rpm -Uvh  *.rpm
     Doing all these at once should solve most dependency problems.
     Ignore complaints of "that version already installed".
2. Exit from Xwindows, kill Xwindows and xdm.
3. Go into Other and do
     rpm -Uvh XFree3.3* XFree*dpi*  XFree*libs* XFree-VIDEO
where VIDEO is the one that supports your video card.

This updates everything you need, except the 2.0.35 kernel.
I had to do a lot of manual steps to get the new kernel working,
so I'll be silent and hope someone else found a clean and simple way.

>
>
> I get a bunch of version conflicts with the older version of whatever I
> am installing.  It's a fresh install of 5.1 the only thing I have done
> is recompiled the kernel (that didn't really work that great, that's why
> I want to install some of the errata).
>
> Some of the errata I've gotten conflicts on is:
>
> initscripts
> kernelcfg
> gcc
>
> and a bunch of others.
>
> Is there a order I need to install the errata in?  What could be wrong?
>
> Schu
>
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Jan Carlson
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