> > Hello. Sorry for such simple question. But I've XFree 3.1.xxx with RedHat
> > 4.0. I'd like to know is it worth to upgrade it to XFree 3.2.
> > I've ordinary 486DX4 100Mhz 16meg box with Cirrus Logic 5426 1 meg. VLB card.
> > Of course I'd like to use glint for such upgrade but ... :)
> > Well. The problem is it's my home computer which is not on the net. So I
> > cant experiment with it and if I fail to reinstall all from 0.
> > So should I just use rpm to upgrade packages or there are some cliffs?
> Speaking from my own experience, XFree3.2 has installation problems. If
> you don't have a backup CD-Rom with an earlier Linux/XFree, or an internet
> connection, you're taking a risk installing it right now.
> --
I recently upgraded XF86 3.1 to XF86 3.2 with the rpms from the RedHat
site (not the ones in the contrib directory). I didn't have any
problems but I did have to upgrade a bunch of other stuff on the system
to get them installed.
A backup is definitly in order, but if you are careful and proceed with
caution, you should be ok. Doing an 'rpm -q --requires -p <package>'
will let you know what it needs. Then you can go out and get all the
packages it requires. Note that this is a recursive procedure.
Oh, I also upgraded rpm to get all the dependency checking
functionalty. Not sure if it was required, but I did it anyway.
Good luck
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