Updating YDL 3.0

[Arnór Kristjánsson]

:-(

I went ahead with the instructions on  
http://www.shiner.info/?manuals/ANS-from-3-to-4.html

and all went well in the beginning:
[Step2]:
[root at xa yellowdog-4.0]# rpm -qa | grep ^glibc
glibc-kernheaders-2.4-8.24
glibc-common-2.3.1-51a
glibc-devel-2.3.1-51a
glibc-2.3.1-51a
[root at xa-speakers yellowdog-4.0]#
--

Then something strange happened when I issued the next command:
# rpm -qa|grep ^glibc|grep -v kernheaders|xargs rpm --justdb --nodeps  
-ev
[root at xa root]#

It isn't verbose!!

--

[root at xa root]# rpm -qa|grep ^glibc
glibc-kernheaders-2.4-8.24
[root at xa root]#

So it seems to have run OK.

But:

[root at xa root]# yum install glibc
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: YellowDog Linux 4.0 os
Finding updated packages
Downloading needed headers
No Packages Available for Update or Install
No actions to take
[root at xa root]#

What can I do to fix this? Manually RPMing this brings up a looong  
chain of dependancies not met. Should I pursue them?

A.


On 8.2.2005, at 16:22, Eric Dunbar wrote:

> Arnor, I've been procrastinating on doing this myself, but, I (on the
> list) received this e-mail last month. Please note that the kernel
> discussion does NOT apply to your B&W G3 since it's a so-called "New
> World" machine.
>
> On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 08:44:59 +0000, Arnór Kristjánsson wrote:
>
>> Once upon a time I installed YDL 3.0 on an aging B/W G3. The machine
>> has been running happily for a few years running http, ftp and one
>> custom app.
>>
>> I was under the impression that I could update the system with yum or
>> apt, but somehow that doesn't work.
>>
>> My yum.conf file looks like its the default one, but somehow there are
>> no actions taken, even after years of no updates....I'm getting pretty
>> scared that the ftp server is "leaking".
>>
>> Is this normal?  Can I update to 3.0.1 via yum/apt?
>
> This is the e-mail, in its entirety with a few follow-up comments:
> ==============================================
> Geert Janssens <geert.janssens3> to Yellow Show options Jan 15
>
> Andrew wrote:
>> On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 16:21:09 -0500
>> Eric Dunbar <eric.dunbar> wrote:
>>
>>> Re: upgrading YDL 3.0.x to 4.0
>>>
>>> On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:19:43 -0800, Daniel Gimpelevich
>>> <daniel at gimpelevich.san-francisco.ca.us> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Someone posted this immediately after 4.0 came out:
>>>> <http://www.shiner.info/?manuals/ANS-from-3-to-4.html>
>>>> Some adjustments have to be made to that page, though. Step 1 is  
>>>> obsolete;
>>>> you now simply replace your /etc/yum.conf file with the one at
>>>> <http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/pipermail/yellowdog-general/ 
>>>> 2004-December/017330.html>
>>>> and do a "yum clean all" before continuing with Step 2. Step 5 no  
>>>> longer
>>>> applies because yum will now install a nearly universal kernel,  
>>>> which you
>>>> will immediately want to put in your /etc/yaboot.conf and issue a
>>>> "/sbin/ybin -v" command. If you are using BootX, instead copy the  
>>>> kernel
>>>> from /boot to your Linux Kernels folder, and also copy the matching
>>>> initrd-(version).img, which you will need for the Use Ramdisk  
>>>> option which
>>>> must now be ON. Set the Additional Kernel Arguments to "rhgb quiet"  
>>>> and
>>>> save preferences. After booting the new kernel, continue with Step  
>>>> 6.
>>>
>>> Some questions of my own:
>>>
>>> Will this procedure pull down a kernel appropriate for an OldWorld  
>>> machine?
>>
>> The stock kernel (2.6.8-1.ydl.7) will NOT boot a OldWorld.
>> It will hang at a mon> prompt shortly after bootloader. The kernel  
>> from
>>  shiner.info: <http://www.shiner.info/?manuals/ANS-from-3-to-4.html>
>> will work just fine as well as the latest kernel from TSS  
>> (2.6.9-1.ydl.8).
>> Use shiner's kernel to install via anaconda then upgrade via yum.
>
> With the procedure as described above, the system will NOT hang.
>
> The yum.conf file referred to above will make yum install the updated
> kernel (2.6.9-1.ydl8), not the kernel that came on the distribution  
> CD's
> of YDL4. This kernel boots fine on OldWorld systems.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Geert Jan
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