FW: [NTLUG:Discuss] Upgrade Dependencies - RPM

[Tom Woody]

A great place that I use is rpmfind.net you can search by the files that you need, and it will tell you pretty closely which RPM the file is associated with.

On Mon, 25 Mar 2002 16:19:20 -0600
"Rick Matthews" <RedHat.Linux at verizon.net> wrote:

> I'd really appreciate it if someone could help me with my question
> about upgrade dependencies.
> 
> Thank you.
> Rick Matthews
> 
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> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Upgrade Dependencies - RPM
> 
> 
> I've been using the Red Hat network to update my RH 7.1 box and have
> been really pleased with how well it has worked. So I was surprised
> a day or two ago when the update to rpm-4.0.4-7 failed.
> <https://rhn.redhat.com/network/errata/errata_details.pxt?eid=1054>
> (Updates for gnorpm, kpackage, up2date, rpmfind, and other packages
> that use rpm are included as well.)
> 
> I wanted to ask here about the appropriate action to take before
> instead of using my normal TAM (thrashing-about-method). [I haven't
> needed TAM since I started using RHN's up2date.)
> 
> The update to perl-Perl-RPM 0.291-2 failed, stating that it requires
> librpm.so.0 and librpmio.so.0. I looked up those two files on
> rpmfind, and found that they are part of rpm-4.0.2-8.i386.
> 
> I did an rpm files list on my rpm-4.0.2 and both of those files are
> listed, but with symbolic links:
> 
> librpm.so.0   > librpm.so.0.0.0
> librpmio.so.0 > librpmio.so.0.0.0
> 
> Where do I go from here?
> 
> TIA for your assistance!
> 
> Rick Matthews
> 
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