[plug] old binaries

[Rob Dunne]

Hi list,

Rob Dunne writes:
 > I have found two rpm that look interesting -- however
 > 1) one of them will over-write /sbin/ldconfig
 > -- Is is safe to install
ld.so-1.9.11-4mdk.i386.rpm
installed its own version of ldconfig
> ls -l ld-config*
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       220840 Dec 15  2000 ldconfig.new
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       402696 Apr  7  2001 ldconfig.old
quite different to the one that came with RH7.1 -- but is seems to
work - so far

 > 2) is it OK to install an mandrake rpm on a RH machine -- or
 > will it break things?
Apparently it is -- nothing broke so far

the old binary now works!!! yeah!!

RPMs are a nightmare -- I never know whether they are appropriate
for the system I am using, I can never install them locally so that
I can keep them when I upgrade. If they write over files, I have to
rename all of the files they will write over in case I want to remove
the RPM and return the system to its original state.
                                              bye
                                              rob

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