Re: Upgrade

From: "Mihai Gheorghiu" <tanethq(at)earthlink(dot)net>
To: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Upgrade
Date: 2001-10-23 13:34:04
Message-ID: 01b101c15bc7$660e0960$6e646464@New6.Travel
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Thank you all.
It's working OK now.

-----Original Message-----
From: Rich Shepard <rshepard(at)appl-ecosys(dot)com>
To: Mihai Gheorghiu <tanethq(at)earthlink(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Date: Monday, October 22, 2001 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Upgrade

>On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Mihai Gheorghiu wrote:
>
>> [root(at)localhost pg]# rpm -U --force postgresql*
>> error: failed dependencies:
>> postgresql = 7.0.3 is needed by postgresql-python-7.0.3-8
>>
>> Same without --force.
>>
>> What would you suggest :-) Thanks in advance.
>
> Two things:
>
> 1) Don't use the '--force' option except as a last resort. 99.44% of the
>time you don't need it. I've used '--nodeps' when the dependency is there
>but not visible to the package database.
>
> 2) As root, type 'rpm -e postgresql-python-7.0.8-8' and get rid of the
>offender.
>
> Then do 'rpm -Uvh postgresql-*'. The 'v' is for verbose (gives you
>messages about progress or the lack thereof) and the 'h' is for hashmarks
>that illustrate progress.
>
>Good luck!
>
>Rich
>
>Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President
>
> Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM)
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