[lug] what would break if...

[D. Stimits]

This made me brave enough to attempt it. Unfortunately, I ended up with
an enormous list of other packages that needed the older 3.1 version,
including rpm itself, along with some other important packages (like
pam...break that and watch the system die). The funny thing is that one
of the packages that needs it is php-4.0.6, but I want to upgrade db3 to
get php 4.1. I think whoever coined the phrase "dependency hell" will go
down in history as the exact opposite of the saying "nobody needs more
than 640k".

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com

"Riggs, Rob" wrote:
> 
> That sounds like a reasonable approach to me. I'd be concerned with Sendmail
> and OpenLDAP, both of which use DB files, IIRC. The nice thing about RPMs is
> that if something does break, you can fix it pretty easily by reinstalling
> the older RPM.
> 
> The db files in /etc/mail can be rebuilt easily enough if you do run into
> problems. But it would be a wise idea to verify you have a good backup in
> any case.
> 
> -Rob
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: D. Stimits [mailto:stimits at idcomm.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 2:13 PM
> To: BLUG
> Subject: [lug] what would break if...
> 
> I need to update my RH 7.1 box to have db3 version 3.3, currently it has
> only 3.1. Only problem is that the RH rpm's at that version are provided
> ONLY for RH 7.3, not 7.1. If I download the source rpm and rebuild then
> install, can anyone give me an idea if there is a possibility I will
> break something important?
> 
> D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com
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