Following the recommendation to upgrade wu-ftpd, I encountered
the following problem when I tried to install it manually via root:
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[root@ipas02 /root] rpm -ivh ftp://linux.fnal.gov/linux/current/i386/security/RPMS/wu-ftpd-2.4.2b18-2.1.i386.rpm
Retrieving ftp://linux.fnal.gov/linux/current/i386/security/RPMS/wu-ftpd-2.4.2b18-2.1.i386.rpm
/usr/bin/ftpcount conflicts with file from wu-ftpd-2.4.2b15-6
/usr/bin/ftpwho conflicts with file from wu-ftpd-2.4.2b15-6
/usr/man/man1/ftpwho.1 conflicts with file from wu-ftpd-2.4.2b15-6
/usr/man/man5/ftpaccess.5 conflicts with file from wu-ftpd-2.4.2b15-6
/usr/man/man5/ftpconversions.5 conflicts with file from wu-ftpd-2.4.2b15-6
/usr/man/man5/ftphosts.5 conflicts with file from wu-ftpd-2.4.2b15-6
/usr/man/man8/ftpd.8 conflicts with file from wu-ftpd-2.4.2b15-6
/usr/man/man8/ftpshut.8 conflicts with file from wu-ftpd-2.4.2b15-6
/usr/sbin/ftpshut conflicts with file from wu-ftpd-2.4.2b15-6
/usr/sbin/in.ftpd conflicts with file from wu-ftpd-2.4.2b15-6
/usr/sbin/xferstats conflicts with file from wu-ftpd-2.4.2b15-6
error: //var/tmp/rpm-ftp-0-23552.tmp cannot be installed
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If I did this right, then it looks like I have to upgrade other
packages in order to upgrade wu-ftpd. I can't simply remove
wu-ftpd-2.4.2b15-6 without breaking dependencies (i.e., ftpserver
is needed by anonftp-2.4-1).
I thought of letting AutoRPM do it automatically overnight, but
won't AutoRPM add unnecessary packages to my system as well, as
per Dan Yocum's e-mail a couple of weeks ago?
Any suggestions on how to proceed? Thanks.
Cheers,
Tony