[Yum] Problem with Latest Release (2.0.6-1)

[seth vidal]

On Mon, 2004-03-22 at 07:29, Tom Browder wrote:
> I found my problem (my bad):  I had a local libxml2 which was current
> with RH 9 but outdated after the FC 1 upgrade.  It was being used by
> python and it had a missing symbol.  I removed the outdated library
> and everything works fine now.
> 

you mean you built libxml2 from tar and didn't install it via rpm?

> That brings up some questions:
> 
>   -Is there any way yum could have found that situation?

if the package isn't in the rpmdb yum won't know about it.


>   -Should rpm have found it?

if it wasn't installed with rpm, no.


>   -Should I not mix manual and rpm updates (not mix is the probable
> answer)?

not mix.



-sv