> Now, I whole heartedly agree with what you are saying - with both the
points
> above. But what I fail to understand is how it anwers the current question
> at hand - that of upgrading RPM from 3.x to 4.x on a RedHat 6.x system.
I don't know about you, but anyone who is asking questions about rpm 3 -> 4
upgrade on a production server doesn't seem to be following this policy. And
an improper rpm upgrade can break your production server quite badly. Rpm
3->4 upgrade, imho is best not done, and if done on a production server, it
shud be done by some1 who knows abt it, and who has experimented with it on
a backup server, and hence some1 who wud not ask abt upgrading rpm 3->4 on a
production server on this list. I don't know about most of you ppl on the
list, but my experience with production servers (esp the important ones)
tells me that always have a backup unless it is something high end being
manned by some1 who is competent.. Backup server is the place where you test
out your security updates, windows service packs, etc!
> I think your post would have been more valuable if you had provided
> step-by-step instructions like Sandip, and *then* added words of wisdom
like
> you have in the two paragraphs of your mail.
I agree with this, but my whole point with the post was that unless u really
wan't it, don't do an rpm 3->4 upgrade on any computer, because in most of
the cases it is less headache to reinstall the os on the server. And after
you are left to clean the mess created by an improper upgrade to any vital
subsystem on a production server, u do tend to give this kinda advice more.
I have seen ppl get this rpm 3->4 upgrade wrong in many cases. Add to that
improper glibc upgrades and u will start to appreciate what i was trying to
say in the list.
My policy of answering to questions on firewalls and on things like
rpm/glibc upgrades is to ask the person to do their homework properly, as
w/o a proper homework u can completely negate any benefits u might get!
Bye,
/\ |\/| |3 /\ r
PS: I guess that the original poster did not go thru with the rpm upgrade.
Also he was tring to upgrade a red hat 6.x rpm system with a red hat 7.x rpm
system.. Something that wud surely break the server!
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