Problem with glibc update

[William Hooper]

Rick Stevens said:
> William Hooper wrote:
>> Rick Stevens said:
>>
>>
>>>The classic circular dependency issue.  I thought yum handled this
>>> better.
>>>
>>>The fix is to install the common bit with the "--nodeps" option to rpm,
>>>THEN install the regular glibc bits:
>>>
>>>	rpm -Fvh --nodeps glibc-common*.rpm
>>
>>
>> AAK!  Danger!
>
> No, not at all.  rpm often can't sort out circular dependencies when
> you're trying to install a bunch of updates.  You must break the cycle
> somehow, and --nodeps is the way to do it.  Remember that up2date (and
> I suppose yum and apt) look at these things and call rpm with
> appropriate flags to break the loop.  I'm just doing it manually.

I can honestly say I've NEVER used "--nodeps" on any package from Red Hat.
 If you put all the packages in the same install command RPM handles the
ordering for you.

That said, if a third party package _seems_ to need "--nodeps" it is
usually a sign of needing rebuild or not having all the packages you need.
 Nodeps should be a matter of last resort.

-- 
William Hooper