Re: RPM Update Attempt for Sendmail/glibc/etc.. becomes a Chicken or the Egg scenario

["Mr. Crusher" <crusher kersur net>]

Good advice, much thanx!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth Porter" <shiva@sewingwitch.com>
To: <rpm-list@redhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: RPM Update Attempt for Sendmail/glibc/etc.. becomes a Chicken
or the Egg scenario


> --On Wednesday, August 27, 2003 2:55 PM -0400 Steve Feehan
> <sfeehan@sbb.uvm.edu> wrote:
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> > Build an RPM for your system(s) from the SRPM of the target
> > sendmail version. This new RPM will then depend on the versions
> > of glibc, etc. that are currently installed on your system(s).
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> And check the spec file if you use a Rawhide SRPM: I found the sendmail
one
> had to be manually set to match the distro version in order to have the
right
> package dependencies. Mysteriously, the v7 setting disables milter
support, so
> I had to manually add that back in.
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