gtk2 update on fc8 SOLVED!

[Ed Greshko]

Gilboa Davara wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 12:27 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> Gilboa Davara wrote:
>>> On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 14:17 -0600, Tom Poe wrote:
>>>> I decided to close yum down after over 1 hour.  No response in terminal, 
>>>> so clicked on x in upper right corner of terminal, then log out and shut 
>>>> down computer.  Started it again, brought up terminal, retried yum 
>>>> update, and it completed.  The gtk2 app wasn't included in update list, 
>>>> though.  Will have to wait until problems show up, I guess.  Are there 
>>>> yum logs to review for update activity, or where does yum store verbose 
>>>> logs?
>>>> Tom
>>>>
>>> I suggest you manually download the gtk2 RPM (For i386: [1], x86_64:
>>> [2]) and manually install it on you machine using:
>>> $ rpm -Uvh --force file.rpm
>> Care to explain the logic behind your suggestion?  It would seem as if the 
>> OP's problem no longer exists and that gtk2 has been updated.  In lieu of 
>> any existing problem what indicates your suggested procedure?
> 
> The GTK2 update might have contained a number of security updates; while
> having a broken update will not cause any visible corruption, it may
> leave the machine open for an attack.

Do you think running "rpm -V" on the gtk2 package would be a good idea first?

> Plus, In all my years with RPM-based Linuxes, I've yet to see RPM --Uvh
> --force fail and/or corrupt the system.
> 
> - Gilboa
> 


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