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On Tuesday 15 January 2002 03:43 pm, James Pifer wrote:
> Sorry if this gets double posted but the one I wrote a while ago still
> hasn't made the list....

> I can't seem to upgrade any RPM's with the -U option. I have never seen
> this work. Should it work? 

Yes, if done correctly. ;)

> So I've been using -i --force. Most of the time this works.

Hrmm, I wouldn't, but it is your machine. 

> I've updated OpenSSL because OpenSSH required it. Now I'm trying to
> upgrade glibc. When I try to do glibc-2.2.4-13 it says it fails
> dependencies for glibc-devel. If I try to upgrade glibc-devel to
> 2.2.4-13 it say it needs glibc-2.2.4-13. Isn't this a catch 22? How the
> heck should I be doing these upgrades?

Packages that depend on each other should be upgraded together.
It has always worked for me. For example, to upgrade glibc, just put all 
the new packages in the same location, and do:
rpm -Uvh glib*.rpm

> Also, Nessus reports that my sendmail server will allow relays, but I
> don't think it does. How can I tell for sure?

There are several sites that will test your server for you.
I don't have a url handy, but Google should be helpful.

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