need DB1-3 and glibc 2.2

[Danster]

I'm completely paniced by Ramen -- so I'm trying to update my various components of my RH 6.1 remote box. Unfortunately I'm running around in circles. 'A' depends on 'B' depends on 'A'. If I could just get DB1-3 and glibc 2.2 in, I think that would do it. I've even already updated to RPM 3.0.5. Welcome to my hell http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/redface.gif

# rpm -U --replacefiles glibc-common-2.2-12* glibc-2.2-12*
error: failed dependencies:
rpm <= 4.0-0.65 conflicts with glibc-2.2-12
glibc > 2.1.3 conflicts with db3-3.1.17-4.6x
glibc > 2.1.3 conflicts with db3-3.1.17-4.6x
libdb.so.2 is needed by control-center-1.0.40-2
libdb.so.2 is needed by ee-0.3.10-3
libdb.so.2 is needed by enlightenment-conf-0.15-9
libdb.so.2 is needed by extace-1.2.1-1
libdb.so.2 is needed by gdm-2.0beta2-13
libdb.so.2 is needed by gedit-0.5.4-3
libdb.so.2 is needed by gmc-4.5.39-0.91
libdb.so.2 is needed by gnome-napster-0.5.0-1
libdb.so.2 is needed by gnome-libs-1.0.54-1
libdb.so.2 is needed by gnome-linuxconf-0.23-1
libdb.so.2 is needed by gnome-objc-1.0.2-5
libdb.so.2 is needed by gnome-pim-1.0.10-1
libdb.so.2 is needed by gnome-utils-1.0.13-1
libdb.so.2 is needed by gnorpm-0.9-10
libdb.so.2 is needed by gnumeric-0.35-8
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Thanks Danster. All ideas welcomed!

[demian]

Originally posted by Danster:

error: failed dependencies:
rpm <= 4.0-0.65 conflicts with glibc-2.2-12


Well, from that line I'd guess you go and upgrade to rpm 4.0.x first (always start on top of the list). I hear a lot of ppl though who get all sorts of problems when upgrading rpm....

Actually hearing all your fun stories about rpm makes me think if I shouldn't dumb this apt-get from my system and ugrade to rpm also http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

Good luck anyway (<-seriously)

[Danster]

>Well, from that line I'd guess you go and upgrade to rpm 4.0.x first ... I hear a lot of ppl though who get all sorts of problems when upgrading rpm....
Funny you should mention it. I tried updating the RPM and that didn't work either! It relies on DB1-3 which I can't install:

# rpm -ivh --replacefiles db*
error: failed dependencies:
glibc < 2.1.90 conflicts with db1-1.85-4
glibc-devel < 2.1.90 conflicts with db1-devel-1.85-4

Should I try to deinstall db1-1.85-4 ignoring dependencies?

>Actually hearing all your fun stories about rpm makes me think if I shouldn't dumb this apt-get
I'm so jealous!!!! 8-(

[Sweede]

redhat was very hard to update rpm to version 4, i gave up after a few hours.

glibc2.2 inst compatible with glibc2.1, so you need to install compat-glibc21. i saw an RPM for it on rpmfind.net, i had to do the same for mandrake.

[Danster]

Thanks for the note. Unfortunately, I'm currently on RH 6.1, and the box is vulnerable to Ramen until I finish the kernel upgrade. The kernel requires:

#rpm -ivh --force mkinitrd*rpm SysVinit*rpm initscripts*rpm
error: failed dependencies:
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2) is needed by SysVinit-2.78-10
procps >= 2.0.6-5 is needed by initscripts-5.49-1
modutils >= 2.3.11-5 is needed by initscripts-5.49-1

Thus I need glibc 2.2 not 2.1

>compat-glibc21
What is this file? Here are the ones I have: ]# ls glibc*
glibc-2.2-12.i386.rpm glibc-common-2.2-12.i386.rpm glibc-devel-2.2-12.i386.rpm glibc-profile-2.2-12.i386.rpm

Thanks ;-)