> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Liddington [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 04, 1998 10:19 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: fstool and usercfg in RH 5.1
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have been using RH 4.2 and have recently *installed* RH 5.1 (I
> > wiped the hard drive before starting). After the
> installation, I was
> > running first control-panel and then linuxconf to set all the system
> > parameters, etc. as root. I compiled a kernel, rebooted,
> and did a few
> > other things that I don't remember.
> >
> > When I ran control-panel the next day, I couldn't find the usercfg
> > and fstool icons. In fact, "rpm -qa" shows that the two
> packages are
> > no longer installed! From the install.log file, I can see
> that these
> > two packages were indeed installed, but they have somehow
> disappeared.
> > I know that I did not do anything with RPM at all except to upgrade
> > linuxconf from the updates directory of the ftp site.
> >
> > This is very mysterious to me. I have manually
> reinstalled the two
> > RPMs, but I would still like to know the cause. Also, I haven't had
> > the time to check if any other packages are missing. Does
> anyone know
> > the cause?
> >
>
> I can confirm that the same thing happened to me.
>
> Simon
>
Uh guys,
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erik Troan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, June 05, 1998 9:56 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: obsolete packages
>
>
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> Due to procedural errors, the cabaret, fstool, and usercfg
> packages were
> included in Red Hat 5.1. All three of these packages are
> considered obsolete
> as the LinuxConf is a more comprehensive and robust
> replacement for these
> three tools. Red Hat recommends that its users remove all
> three of these
> packages from their system with "rpm -e fstool usercfg cabaret", and
> use linuxconf instead.
>
> Sorry for this mistake, it's quite embarrasing for all of us here.
>
> Erik
>
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