[sane-devel] Re: Upgrade question

[Frank]

On Thu, 20 Mar 2003 19:10, T. Ribbrock wrote:
" On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 11:20:30AM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote:
" > >Where on earth did you get that sane-1.0.3 RPM from? It was not amon=
g
" > >the ones you listed as downloaded in your original mail! So, why are
" > >you installing it? As I mentioned in my earlier mails, "sane-1.0.3" =
is
" > >an *older* version of sane - but you've already successfully install=
ed
" > >1.0.10/1.0.11 - you've said so yourself above. Forget that package!
" >
" > Sorry, I have no idea where did "sane-1.0.3" come from.  "rpm -qa | g=
rep
" > sane" could not find it.
"
" Of course not - it's *not* installed, so rpm cannot find it!
" But when you tried to upgrade/install the newer RPMs, you used
" "rpm -Uhv *.rpm", which would try to use *all* RPMs present in the curr=
ect
" directory. So, for whatever reasons, there is a sane-1.0.3-.SOMETHING.r=
pm
" in the same directory you stored the newer RPMs in.


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Hi Stephen

This point above is sooooo important. I am still trying to rid my system =
of a=20
rpm I had left behind. Still, Linux is a welcome change I am enjoying.

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Regards

Frank

Frank@snapafun.co.nz
025853824

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" Hint: If using a wildcard when installing/upgrading RPMs (like so:
 '*.rpm'), " you need to make *absolutely sure* that the directory you're=
 in
 contains " *only* the RPMs you really want to install/upgrade, otherwise=
,
 chaos will " ensue...
"
"
" [...]
" > I have following packages for RH8.0 downloaded but encountering probl=
em
" > to install them
"
" BZZZZZZT! No need to read further for me. Stephen, please think about
" this: You *yourself* told us that you have a RHL 7.3 system. WHY are
" you downloading RHL 8.0 packages to install on that system?
"
" Cheerio,
"
" Thomas