> Hi, Feb. 11, 1999
>
> 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
Your problem is that you specified -i for install instead of -U for
upgrade. The fastest way out of this situation is:
rpm -Uvh \
ftp://linux.fnal.gov/linux/current/i386/security/RPMS/wu-ftpd-2.4.2b18-2.1.i386.rpm
Dependencies are automatically taken care of. Your previous attempt at an
install didn't actually damage anything because rpm spotted the conflicts
and aborted.
Hope this sorts things out for you.
Cheers,
Chris.
>
> /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
>
>
>
-- Chris Green. HEP, Purdue University. CDF SVXII project. Based at Fermilab. MAIL greenc@fnal.gov; PHONE (630) 840-2308