[cobalt-users] Installing Update packages and a related problem

["Clark E. Morgan" <cmorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK lovely helping type people:

How's this for screwy? I decided recently to try to get pop before smtp
installed for some clients to whom the illusion of e-mail autonomy is
ridiculously important. Sorry for including a mini-rant; but I'm tired.

At any rate, to my shame, I discovered I was a few packages behind in terms
of updates and because there were prerequisites, I had to install a few
other pkg files first. All proceeded well until--

RaQ3-en-OS-Update-4.0.pkg

This install appeared to be going rather well then asked for a reboot which
I obliged. Upon returning to the admin after the reboot, The installed
software screen gave me credit for having only those packages that the
machine started with. I had lost all prior updates I had installed, except
for the non-system webalizer and neomail and the provisioning package
installed by my hosting company.

Here's the kicker. These updates (that is to say, the software they install,
are there as far as I can tell), it's simply the systems recognition of this
fact that is lacking. I tried moving things about in /var/lib/cobalt to see
if I could get things moving along but the 4.0 update now pukes on the bind
package, presumably because what's on there is more current than what it is
trying to install.

And through it all, the system continues to function normally, perhaps even
better than before, which is the most amazing thing of all. So, my main
objective at this point is to get pop before smtp running in a way that's
not going to jeopardize uptime. Any thoughts?

Clark E. Morgan