Re: Error when running Yum

On Sun, 2007-07-29 at 21:21 -0500, Tim Dotson wrote:
> I had an older version of Python (1.3 or 1.4 or something).  I figured
> that was the problem, so I updated to 2.0 but am still getting the
> same error.
> 
> Trying to install a higher version of Python on my system gives an
> error about libc.so.6 not being installed, even though it is.
> 
> I believe this is RH 7.3.  It's about 5 years old in any case.  I'd
> like to use Yum to get the system up to date.
> 

What version of yum are you trying to use?

Also the best way to upgrade a rh 7.3 box is to back it up and reinstall
it. It's a long haul from 7.3 to anything reasonably current and the
kernel changes alone will make it a very painful process. Seriously,
upgrading a 7.3 box would work something like this:

7.3-> centos3/rhel3/fc1
centos3/rhel3/fc1 -> centos4/rhel4/fc3
centos4/rhel4/fc3 -> centos5/rhel5/fc6
fc6->Fedora7

a whole world of no-fun to do that.

-sv