[lug] what would break if...

D. Stimits stimits at idcomm.com
Fri May 17 14:52:58 MDT 2002


"Michael D. Hirsch" wrote:
> 
> D. Stimits writes:
>  > 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?
> 
> Another option might be to install them both by using the -i flag to
> rpm instead of the -U flag.

Hmm...I believe that would leave both the old and new versions
installed. Which would be good, unless something gets confused by it. I
think I'll risk it.

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com

> 
> --Michael
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