Bug 5756 - install upgrade option fails for almost stock 6.0 install
Summary: install upgrade option fails for almost stock 6.0 install
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
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Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: installer
Version: 6.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Matt Wilson
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Reported: 1999-10-09 04:57 UTC by raz
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-02-11 20:35:58 UTC

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Description raz 1999-10-09 04:57:04 UTC 
hrmm.. my desktop installed great... my server on the other
hand.. which is the exact same setup (okay.. a few custom
compiled stuff.. but nothing outside of /usr/local not in
rpm format) -- and only a few other rpms installed-- the
upgrade script python or something another barfs out with a
huge meaningless error message and reboots the machine...
hrmm.. I ended up installing each package with -F and
satisfying the deps with --test and such

the last line was :rpm error

It all worked fine by hand.. databse was fine... this one
has me baffled.  Luckily i have been with redhat since
mothers day was just being replaced.. so.. I hacked my way
into 6.1 with only minor headaches...
Comment 1 Preston Brown 2000-01-13 17:00:59 UTC 
bug not for kdeadmin.
Comment 2 Jay Turner 2000-02-11 20:35:59 UTC 
Sounds like the installer found a package on your system which was marked for
upgrade but for which there was not a corresponding package.  Problems resulting
from this are fixed in the latest installer (it plays better with missing
packages) available in beta.
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