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Re: RH4.2?



On Thu, 14 Aug 1997, Yaron wrote:

> Now, while package management methods, including RPM, do have advantages
> (tidy systems, saves time, etc), RPM is still pretty flakey. The reason
> the whole discussion about upgrading to 4.2 started was that I tried
> upgrading to a newer pam, which required a newer pamconfig, which in turn
> required the version of pam I was trying to install. Thus making them both
> un-upgradable (I am _not_ going to force no-dependencies on something that
> can lock me out of my system). 

What is the problem? Mention both packages at the same time on the command
line of the "rpm -i" command (as in "rpm -i pam-* pamconfig-*"), and it
will install them flawlessly.


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