upgrade

[Joe Klemmer]

On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 19:43, Mark Welker wrote:

> You say it is not installed in the rpm data base.
> I thought that /etc/ld.so.conf handled lib dependencies.
> If it is installed enter the path into that file and run ldconfig as root.

	There's a difference between the rpm database dependencies and the
library configurations.  They are not related to each other at all.
 
> I gave up on rpm distros about two years ago because they were flakey
> and, started using Slackware.
> 
> I have learned a little and, now I have much better success getting the
> tarball and making my own Slackware packages for my boxes.
> 
> RPM distros may have advanced since I tried one of them.
> But, I am happy with Slackware and the tarballs.

	Slackware is finally getting close to the rpm and debian systems now. 
In the old days the only way to upgrade a Slackware system was to
reformat the HD and reinstall from scratch.  All of the distros have
really come a long way.

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