[WBEL-devel] Testers needed

Rex Dieter rdieter@math.unl.edu
Mon, 19 Apr 2004 07:16:43 -0500


Greg Hosler wrote:
> On 18-Apr-2004 Johnny Hughes wrote:
> 
>>>http://whiteboxlinux.org/pub/3.0/en/updates/i386/cvs-1.11.2-18.i386.rpm
>>>http://whiteboxlinux.org/pub/3.0/en/updates/i386/openoffice.org-1.1.0-15.EL.i
>>>386.rpm
>>>http://whiteboxlinux.org/pub/3.0/en/updates/i386/openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.0-15
>>>.EL.i386.rpm
>>>http://whiteboxlinux.org/pub/3.0/en/updates/i386/openoffice.org-libs-1.1.0-15
>>>.EL.i386.rpm
>>>http://whiteboxlinux.org/pub/3.0/en/updates/i386/squid-2.5.STABLE3-5.3E.i386.
>>>rpm
>>
>>I downloaded and installed all via:
>>
>>rpm -Uvh *
>>
>>I have tested cvs and openoffice.org.
> 
> 
> Did the openoffice.org rpm *really* upgrade ?
> 
> I have RHEL3, and when I did the equivelent on RHEL3, the openoffice.org rpms
> do NOT upgrade. The reason is simple. The package name is different from the
> originally installed one. 

Yes, but, the packages *do* contain
Obsoletes:
tags, but unfortunately, recent rpm (rpm-4.2.1 and newer) apparently 
broke this.  )-:

-- Rex