[ltp] HELP..Installing RedHad 7.2 on a Thinkpad 600E

[dmlegare]

Tod -

Im alittle confused. Are u stating that just upgrading the changes will
cause problems or upgrades in general (if I had a 7.2 CD)? Im very new to
linux so I will have to look up what rpm is!! ..
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tod Harter" <tharter@rhombus.net>
To: <linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com>
Sent: December 27, 2001 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: [ltp] HELP..Installing RedHad 7.2 on a Thinkpad 600E


> While in theory you might be able to do that, it would be a really giant
> project basically. You need a kernel update, plus updates to libraries
etc,
> and there may well be many small differences in startup scripts etc.
>
> The general consensus I've heard is that most RPM packages are not
carefully
> enough laid out to reliably deal with being used in upgrade mode. In
theory
> RPM can do upgrades fine, but it means package developers need to be very
> carefull to fully specify every possible dependency etc. It never happens,
> people miss stuff, and consequently no upgraded system (in my experience)
was
> ever fully reliable.
>
> On Thursday 27 December 2001 08:40, you wrote:
> > Is there a way of installing just the changes from 7.X to 7.2? or do you
> > have to download the entire 7.2 version and do an upgrade?


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