Re: [cobalt-users] RPM etc.

[flash22@xxxxxxx]

On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Revd leonard payne wrote:

> 
> I'm trying to secure my system before it goes live and am cautiously
> looking at some RPM's. Well i've read as much as my addled brain will allow
> 
> but when I download say SNORT.rpm and try a rpm -i snort.rpm

cause you grabbed a .rpm intended for redhat 7, raq3's are pre RH7 and
thus pre RPM4. trying to update rpm might not really be a good idea...
[rpm4 is drasticlly different than the earlier versions]

(There are other issues re mixing and matching rh6 and 7 binaries on the
same machine, or were you going to upgrade everything on the entire
machine? ;0

see if they have a rh6 rpm, else get source and build it, it's less likely
in this case to make a mess...

gsh


> I try to rpm -i rpm404.rpm   and it seems that rpm404 needs rpm404 to
> install itself of something ??!!

ya....don't ya love that...silly redhat

> 
> What do I download [rpm4]

I'm not gonna tell you cause it will probably total the machine....but i
will if you insist -/

> Thanks guys and (any gals left after the sad departure of carrie ??)

I think there were only 2 to start with -/

gsh