Catch-22 on an old Red Hat Linux 7.2 box

[Andrew Vong]

Dear Gurus,

With the limited Linux knowledge I have, I have tried all that I can but 
seem to have hit a brickwall that I can't seem to get over. I hope someone 
out there can help me out.

I refer to this page --> http://fedoralegacy.org/docs/quickstart.php

I am trying to install yum on a very old RHL 7.2 box so that I can update 
it. However, I seem to be at a Catch-22 stuation.

Here's why:-

# rpm -U yum-1.0.3-6.0.7.x.legacy.noarch.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
         rpm-python >= 0:4.0.4 is needed by yum-1.0.3-6.0.7.x.legacy
         rpm >= 0:4.0.4 is needed by yum-1.0.3-6.0.7.x.legacy

 From here, I go and download rpm-python and rpm from --> 
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/7.2/updates/i386/

Here are the results I get from trying to install both the RPMs:-

rpm -U rpm-4.0.4-7x.i386.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
         popt = 1.6.4 is needed by rpm-4.0.4-7x
         rpm = 4.0.3 is needed by rpm-python-4.0.3-1.03
         rpm = 4.0.3 is needed by rpm-build-4.0.3-1.03
         rpm = 4.0.3 is needed by rpm-devel-4.0.3-1.03
         rpm = 4.0.3 is needed by rpm-perl-4.0.3-1.03
         librpm-4.0.3.so   is needed by gnorpm-0.96-11
         librpm-4.0.3.so   is needed by kdeadmin-2.2-8
         librpm-4.0.3.so   is needed by rpm-python-4.0.3-1.03
         librpm-4.0.3.so   is needed by rpm-build-4.0.3-1.03
         librpm-4.0.3.so   is needed by rpm-perl-4.0.3-1.03
         librpm-4.0.3.so   is needed by rpm2html-1.7-1
         librpm-4.0.3.so   is needed by rpmfind-1.7-2
         librpmbuild-4.0.3.so   is needed by kdeadmin-2.2-8
         librpmbuild-4.0.3.so   is needed by rpm-build-4.0.3-1.03
         librpmdb-4.0.3.so   is needed by gnorpm-0.96-11
         librpmdb-4.0.3.so   is needed by kdeadmin-2.2-8
         librpmdb-4.0.3.so   is needed by rpm-python-4.0.3-1.03
         librpmdb-4.0.3.so   is needed by rpm-build-4.0.3-1.03
         librpmdb-4.0.3.so   is needed by rpm-perl-4.0.3-1.03
         librpmdb-4.0.3.so   is needed by rpm2html-1.7-1
         librpmdb-4.0.3.so   is needed by rpmfind-1.7-2
         librpmio-4.0.3.so   is needed by gnorpm-0.96-11
         librpmio-4.0.3.so   is needed by kdeadmin-2.2-8
         librpmio-4.0.3.so   is needed by rpm-python-4.0.3-1.03
         librpmio-4.0.3.so   is needed by rpm-build-4.0.3-1.03
         librpmio-4.0.3.so   is needed by rpm-perl-4.0.3-1.03
         librpmio-4.0.3.so   is needed by rpm2html-1.7-1
         librpmio-4.0.3.so   is needed by rpmfind-1.7-2


AND

rpm -U rpm-python-4.0.4-7x.i386.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
         rpm = 4.0.4 is needed by rpm-python-4.0.4-7x
         popt = 1.6.4 is needed by rpm-python-4.0.4-7x
         librpm-4.0.4.so   is needed by rpm-python-4.0.4-7x
         librpmdb-4.0.4.so   is needed by rpm-python-4.0.4-7x
         librpmio-4.0.4.so   is needed by rpm-python-4.0.4-7x


So it seems that I'm in a catch-22 situation here as the system does not 
allow me to install any of the dependent rpms.

Can anyone tell me what I can do to resolve this?

Thank you in advance.

Best Regards,
Andrew