Ok, so I have to do a Microsoft and reinstall RH6.1 since the RPM database
has become corrupted and no one seems to know how to fix it.... I can deal
with that. Now I'm having problems with my other 6.1 system and the RPMs,
but this is a side effect of the developers getting careless, it appears.
I've tried using AutoRPM to update the installed base on system to the
latest patch levels, and I get the following:
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** Failed RPMs **
libxml-devel-1.7.3-1 is missing dependencies:
libxml = 1.7.3
libgtop-1.0.5-1 is missing dependencies:
libgtop = 1.0.3
libgtop = 1.0.3
gtk+-devel-1.2.6-1 is missing dependencies:
gtk+ = 1.2.6
libglade-0.7-1 is missing dependencies:
libglade = 0.6
libgtop-examples-1.0.5-1 is missing dependencies:
libgtop = 1.0.5
gnome-games-devel-1.0.51-3 is missing dependencies:
gnome-games = 1.0.51
ORBit-0.5.0-2 is missing dependencies:
ORBit = 0.4.95
gnome-games-1.0.51-3 is missing dependencies:
gnome-games = 1.0.40
libxml-1.7.3-1 is missing dependencies:
libxml = 1.4.0
libgtop-devel-1.0.5-1 is missing dependencies:
libgtop = 1.0.5
pygnome-1.0.50-2 is missing dependencies:
pygtk = 0.6.3
gtk+-1.2.6-1 is missing dependencies:
gtk+ = 1.2.5
libglade-devel-0.7-1 is missing dependencies:
libglade = 0.7
ORBit-devel-0.5.0-2 is missing dependencies:
ORBit = 0.5.0
control-center-devel-1.0.51-1 is missing dependencies:
control-center = 1.0.51
gnome-core-devel-1.0.54-2 is missing dependencies:
gnome-core = 1.0.54
gnome-libs-devel-1.0.54-1 is missing dependencies:
gnome-libs = 1.0.54
control-center-1.0.51-1 is missing dependencies:
control-center = 1.0.40
gnome-core-1.0.54-2 is missing dependencies:
gnome-core = 1.0.39
gnome-libs-1.0.54-1 is missing dependencies:
gnome-libs = 1.0.40
Interactive-Install Queue:
22 RPM(s) waiting to be installed/updated Interactively
To install/upgrade, run 'autorpm --apply' as root...
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Ok, if AutoRPM can't find those automatically, the easiest thing to do is
check Freshmeat or Redhat and try to find the missing RPMs so that I can
solve the missing dependencies problem... and they seem to come down,
basically, to gnome-libs-1.0.40-1.i386.rpm being the missing culprit
(it gave many of the other libraries that are mentioned). Fine, I'll
track down a copy, and install it.... yes, I know, that was a development
version... but no, you can't GET that version now... yet the current
NON-development versions require it. They don't think about the fact that
folks will be starting and trying to upgrade from fairly old (the original
6.1 install RPMs) to up-to-date (i.e. gnome 1.0.54 or 1.0.55) without
having access to the intermediate steps... I mean, on an operating system
where some folks are still happily sitting back at 4.1 and 4.2 when 6.2 is
imminent, you'd think folks would keep the old RPMs available </rant>.
Ok <breathing, calming> Anyone out there have a solution to this dilemma?
I want to try to get the box up to latest and greatest standards... and
this is frustrating as can be.
R/William Ward
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