Re: upgrading RPM query

Hi Lamer,

I've had a look and the only 7.1.2 rpms is in beta/roswell.  I dont' fancy
beta stuff on my production servers.  Everything else on the RedHat site is
7.0.x.

You mention RawHide. What is this, and where can I find it.

TIA,

Gary

On Wednesday 08 August 2001  3:47 am, Lamar Owen wrote:
> On Tuesday 07 August 2001 11:27, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> > binary/v7.1.2/RPMS/redhat-7.1
>
> [snip]
>
> > I'm at bit confused at this, as I would have thought that the path to the
> > RPM's would suggest that they are specific enough - no?
>
> No.  It just means that RH 7.1 is the platform that binary was built for
> (and on).
>
> > If this is the case, can anyone suggest the best way to upgrade to 7.1.2
> > on my system, as the latest ones that RH have produces are for v7.0.3
> > (the latest you can get from their download page is v7.0.2).
>
> You can get 7.1 RPMs out of RedHat's RawHide that are rather recent.
> However, the current PGDG set is quite close to what is in RawHide.
>
> FWIW, RedHat 7.1 is currently the RPM reference platform, so the current
> RPMset will work fine on RH 7.1.
> --
> Lamar Owen
> WGCR Internet Radio
> 1 Peter 4:11

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