On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 16:26 -0500, Jim Goode wrote: > I am currently running version 0.88.7 on SME 6.0.1-01 (built on Red Hat > 7.x). > [EMAIL PROTECTED] tmp]# rpm -qa | grep clam > clamav-es-libs-0.88.7-es01 > clamav-es-0.88.7-es01 > > I downloaded: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] tmp]# ls -l *.rpm > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 779061 Mar 10 07:35 > clamav-0.90.1-4.rh7.rf.i386.rpm [...] > Running: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] tmp]# rpm -Uvh clamav-db-0.90.1-4.rh7.rf.i386.rpm > clamav-devel-0.90.1-4.rh7.rf.i386.rpm clamav-0.90.1-4.rh7.rf.i386.rpm > clamd-0.90.1-4.rh7.rf.i386.rpm > > produces the following output: > Preparing... ########################################### > [100%] > file /etc/freshclam.conf from install of clamav-0.90.1-4.rh7.rf conflicts > with file from package clamav-es-0.88.7-es01 [...] > > Does this mean the upgrade is not capable of taking place?
Not precisely. > Do I need to > uninstall 0.88 before installing 0.90? Either that, or grab the SRPM and add a few Obsoletes: lines. > I've been through all the pages of > the clamav wiki and most of the archives and haven't discovered any clues to > this issue. Thanks, in advance, for whatever help you can provide, Because it is not a clamav issue per se, rather a packaging problem. You are replacing a package named clamav-es with a package named clamav, and rpm doesn't realize that they are the same. The only way it could know would be using the Obsoletes: tag in the rpm itself, but you can only fiddle with a specfile in a SRPM... -- Daniel J McDonald, CCIE # 2495, CISSP # 78281, CNX Austin Energy http://www.austinenergy.com _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
