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RPM updating.



Hi people,

I am trying to install some RPM package. It tells me it needs libXXX-2.9
(dependencies).
I do have the requiered library, but older version - libXXX-1.8.
OK - I downloaded the new version from ftp and tried to  rpm -Uvh
libXXX-2.9.

Here I got a very long list of packeges based on the older lib (libXXX-1.8)
and it refused to update it.
I decided to ask before trying the --force...    ;)

Will it help me?  I might mess things up. and if not, what can I do except
removing each of the packages based on the old lib , updating
and then recompiling/reinstalling them (a very long list, and no garentee it
works ...)

I use redhat 5.2 kernel 2.4 (though it doesn't look important).

thanks.


Eyal.