Updating YDL 3.0

[Eric Dunbar]

On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 07:23:24 +0100, Eddie Bindt <eddieb at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> 
> On Feb 8, 2005, at 11:17 PM, Arnór Kristjánsson wrote:
> 
> > I went ahead with the instructions on
> > http://www.shiner.info/?manuals/ANS-from-3-to-4.html
> 
> I wrote that ....
> It is ment to update Oldworld machines from YDL3 to YDL4, but should
> work for all machines.
> 
> > 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!!
> 
> That is not too important ...

> > 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]#
> 
> Here something goes wrong, It should find glibc and installs it.
> 
> REMEMBER YOUR RPMDB IS INCONSISTANT NOW !!!
> 
> > What can I do to fix this? Manually RPMing this brings up a looong
> > chain of dependancies not met. Should I pursue them?
> 
> Double check your yum.conf ...
> Look in the .hdr files if there is a glibc hdr inside there
> 
> I updated 1 machine usning this procedure last weekend over http:// and
> all went fine...

I'm following Shiner's instructions but run into the following errors
when I do "yum upgrade" (glibc installed properly, though a 2004
appeared where a 2003 was showing in Shiner's instructions):

Resolving dependencies
.Package apt needs librpm-4.1.so, this is not available.
Package rpm2html needs librpm-4.1.so, this is not available.
Package apt needs librpmdb-4.1.so, this is not available.
Package rpm2html needs librpmdb-4.1.so, this is not available.
Package apt needs librpmio-4.1.so, this is not available.
Package rpm2html needs librpmio-4.1.so, this is not available.
Package Xtest needs XFree86 >= 4.2.0, this is not available.
Package pine needs libcom_err.so.3, this is not available.
Package imap needs libcom_err.so.3, this is not available.
Package apt needs libelf.so.0, this is not available.

Hmm? Is this a mistake on my end or something to do with YDL updating
to 4.0.1? Should I do a full clean install off the CDs instead and
rebuild my system after the fact?

Eric.