Problem with glibc update

[William Hooper]

Rick Stevens said:

> The classic circular dependency issue.  I thought yum handled this better.
>
> The fix is to install the common bit with the "--nodeps" option to rpm,
> THEN install the regular glibc bits:
>
> 	rpm -Fvh --nodeps glibc-common*.rpm

AAK!  Danger!

> 	rpm -Fvh glibc*.rpm
>
> Works for me.

In this case the packages aren't downloaded (they aren't even on the
upgrade list) so nothing like this is advisable.  Of course "--nodeps" is
a giveaway that you are trying to fight the system instead of work with
it.

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William Hooper