I've been in this KIND of a position before, but not exactly the same. In my situation i wanted two different versions of something installed - a legacy program wanted an older version of a certain rpm package and a new program wanted the newer version of the same package. I wound up using the --test or -qpl option to see what would happen if i --force'd it (to make sure that it wouldn't overwrite any files currently on the system, and then i forced it. And it worked. And one thing that i noticed (it's in my question-post that i posted yesterday) is that i have a link with the name of an older version of an .so file pointing to a new one that is actually there. I could have tried that with my above problem. And so that might be an option for you too. I hope that makes some sense....this is what test boxes are so useful for. I need at least one box to be stable enough that i can do my thing, and the rest can go up and down as necessary. j --- SoloCDM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gnome red-carpet and gnome-vfs need the following (bzip2 1.0.1-6mdk) > on Mandrake 7.0 with rpm4: > > libbz2.so.1 is needed by gnome-vfs-0.5-0mdk_helix_4 > libbz2.so.1 is needed by red-carpet-0.9.2-0mdk_helix_3 > > > I have bzip2 0.9.5d-3mdk, which is needed by rpm, rpm-build, > rpm-python 4.0.2-6x and gnorpm 0.95.1-6.6x packages. No way can > I extract the rpm and gnorpm packages, but I can use --force. > > My dilemma -- will the present rpm packages use the new bzip2 with > --force or is there another rpm way to get the new bzip2 installed? > > In other words: bzip2 is not the problem . . . it's the following > files that depend on its libraries: > > libbz2.so.0 is needed by rpm-python-4.0.2-6x > libbz2.so.0 is needed by rpm-4.0.2-6x > libbz2.so.0 is needed by rpm-build-4.0.2-6x > libbz2.so.0 is needed by gnorpm-0.95.1-6.6x > > > Will the above file dependencies be damaged by the bzip2 > installation's new libraries or will they begin using the new > libraries? > > Note: When you reply to this message, please include the mailing > list/newsgroup address and my email address in To:. > > ********************************************************************* > Signed, > SoloCDM > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
