Cups problem

[Craig White]

On Mon, 2007-12-17 at 00:18 -0800, Kam Leo wrote:
> On Dec 16, 2007 10:43 PM, Kam Leo <kam.leo at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Dec 16, 2007 10:38 PM, Kam Leo <kam.leo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Dec 16, 2007 9:54 PM, david walcroft <d_j_w46 at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Kam Leo wrote:
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > > > >>>>> Craig
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>> It downloads 'x264-0-0.10.20070819.lvn8.i386.rpm'
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>    david
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>> ----
> > > > >>> sudo rpm -ivh \
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> http://livna-dl.reloumirrors.net/fedora/8/i386/x264-0-0.10.20070819.lvn8.i386.rpm
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> it wasn't a 'download' command...it was an install command. It either
> > > > >>> installed or failed. I understood your comment to mean that it
> > > > >>> installed.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Craig
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >> [david at reddwarf ~]$ sudo rpm -Uvh rpm/x264-0-0.10.20070819.lvn8.i386.rpm
> > > > >> Preparing...                ###########################################
> > > > >> [100%]
> > > > >>        package x264-0.0.0-0.3.20061023.fc6.i386 (which is newer than
> > > > >> x264-0-0.10.20070819.lvn8.i386) is already installed
> > > > >>
> > > > >> [david at reddwarf ~]$ sudo rpm -qa | grep x264
> > > > >> x264-0.0.0-0.3.20061023.fc6.i386
> > > > >> [david at reddwarf ~]$
> > > > >>
> > > > >>  david
> > > > >>
> > > > >
> > > > > No wonder your system is screwed up!  You have a mixed bag of left
> > > > > over packages from older version(s) of Fedora. Do the following and
> > > > > see how many FC6 packages are still installed on your system:
> > > > >
> > > > > rpm -qa | grep fc6
> > > > >
> > > > > Remove all those found and replace with the F8 packages.
> > > > >
> > > > > Notes:
> > > > >
> > > > > 1. If you have not already done so, update your Livna repository to
> > > > > point to the F8 directory.
> > > > >
> > > > > 2. Repeat the above for other versions of Fedora, i.e. fc5 and/or  f7.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > Kam there are to many FC7 (60+) for me to handle,these must be
> > > > left overs from my FC7 - FC8 dvd upgrade.
> > >
> > > Redirect the output to a file, e.g. "rpm -qa | grep f7 > f7leftovers".
> > > Do it for fc6 as well. You can use an editor to copy and paste the
> > > unwanted package(s) to a terminal window or learn to use some neat
> >                          ^
> >  rpm -e pasted-unwanted-package-name
> >
> > Just to clarify what I meant.
> >
> >
> > > unix utilities such as sed or awk to operate directly on the file
> > > contents.
> > >
> > >
> > > >  Livna repos have '/$releasever/$basearch' in them
> > >
> > > That's good but you need to verify that the URL is valid.
> > >
> > > >  david
> > >
> >
> 
> Antti Huhtala brought to my attention an error in the above example.
> It should be "rpm -qa | grep fc7 > f7leftovers".  The Fedora packagers
> are still using fc in the suffix, even for Fedora 8.
> 
> 
> Thank you, Antti.
> 
> Additionally, I took a quick peak at the F7 and F8 Everything
> repositories. Some fc6 packages are included as part of the F7
> distribution. For F8 a mix of fc6 and fc7 packages are also part of
> the distribution. What a packaging mess!
> 
> Well, David. Please excuse my butting in. It seems that the Fedora
> packagers have thrown a spanner into the works. Now, it's nearly
> impossible to find and clean up left over packages using just the
> distro suffix. Unless rpm or any of the package managers shows a
> conflict leave the older package(s) alone.
----
You have given completely worthless and a lack of informed advice.

grep'ing rpm packages for earlier designations does not, repeat does not
necessarily indicate that the package isn't intended to be installed on
the current $releasever.

There is however a method now for finding obsolete packages...

yum -y install yum-utils

package-cleanup --orphans

This information is indeed documented on the Fedora Project Wiki (kudos
to them for making this valuable info available)...

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq

People who want to help others should be familiar with this page

Craig