Can't install CentOS 5.2 update?

[Denis Beauchemin]

Dave Jones a écrit :
> >> A more simple method that I use is:
> >>
> >> # yum -y update (this will fail with the conflicts but download the
> >> packages into the yum cache for the rpm --force command below)
> >> # yum -y update --exclude=perl*
> >> # cd /var/cache/yum/rpmforge/packages
> >> # rpm -Uhv --force perl*
> >This could downgrade a perl module that is needed by mailscanner. You 
> could
> >have no problems, and you could have many.
>
> It will not downgrade with the "-U" option.  The rpm command should only
> upgrade existing modules using the latest version in that directory if 
> you have
> multiple versions of the same rpm package.  The yum output proves this by
> skipping older versions.  This is validated by running another "yum 
> update"
> and it shows everything is up to date.
>
> If you think this "perl*" is not safe, then you could manually run the 
> rpm --force
> on the latest version of the perl module that is conflicting.  I used 
> to do this but
> found that rpm was smart enough, so I took the easy "perl* way.  All 
> of this
> would still be much faster, easier, and less risky than reinstalling 
> MailScanner
> every few months.
>
> I will try to figure out how to post this to the wiki if others think 
> this procedure
> is useful (and safe).  I have been following this procedure for over a 
> year on
> about a dozen MailScanner instances with no problems.

I tried this on a RHEL 5.2 server (same as CentOS 5.2) and it didn't 
work... MS refused to start...  so reinstalling MS (or at just the RPMs 
we removed in the first place) is the best way to go.

Denis

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