RPM Upgrade

[David Relson]

At 07:29 PM 5/23/03, Matthias Andree wrote:
>Andreas Metzler <ametzler at downhill.at.eu.org> writes:
>
> > Even if you managed to install both versions at the same time (not
> > only the library but also the devel-package), it would not work. When
> > checking the dependencies rpm will probably use objdump or ldd[1] on
> > the resulting binary which will find the system Glibc (2.3) and add it
> > as dependency to the rpm. The chroot-idea will work.
>
>The automatic dependency generation can be switched off, so that's a
>non-issue with RPMs.
>
> > BTW, what is so bad about compiling bogofilter?
>
>That users will complain if they don't get their convenience i586.rpm :-P

Matthias,

Some users are dealing with environments in which their sysadmins are 
willing to install binary rpms but aren't willing to let the users build 
and install them.

David