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Re: failed rpm upgrade
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Heij)
Fri Nov 1 00:38:06 1996
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 22:48:21 +0900
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From: John Heij <johnh@tierzero.apana.org.au>
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In message <Pine.LNX.3.93.961027100037.12151q-100000@redhat.com>, Erik
Troan <ewt@redhat.com> writes
>On Sun, 27 Oct 1996, John Heij wrote:
>
>> I have been trying to upgrade rpm 2.0.11 with rpm-2_1_.rpm, but I have
>> been unable to succeed as I only get "segmentation fault" error
>> messages. Does anyone have any ideas how to solve this.
>
>Are you trying to install the source package? If so, it won't work
>due to brokenness in 2.0.11. You need to install a binary and use the
>new binary to install the source.
>| Erik Troan = http://sunsite.unc.edu/ewt/ = ewt@sunsite.unc.edu |
>
>
Excuse my ignorance but how do I know which is the binary? I'm after all
still an newby.
Thanks for your help.
John Heij "Only when the last tree has died and the last river
has been poisened and the last fish been caught
will we realise we cannot eat money"
johnh@sa.apana.org.au Cree Indian saying
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