old rpms after upgrade

[Todd Denniston]

Peter J. Stieber wrote, On 01/25/2008 10:42 AM:
> I have an x86_64 I have upgraded from Fedora 6 -> 7 -> 8.  I upgrade 
> using DVDs generated from ISO images provided with each new 
> distribution.  I'm worried about left over rpms from prior installs that 
> may eventually cause problems.
> 
> $ rpm -qa | grep fc6
> enchant-1.3.0-1.fc6
> dmidecode-2.7-1.26.1.fc6
> keyutils-libs-1.2-2.fc6
> mcelog-0.7-1.22.fc6
> xorg-x11-filesystem-7.1-2.fc6
> libavc1394-0.5.3-1.fc6
> keyutils-libs-1.2-2.fc6
> keyutils-libs-devel-1.2-2.fc6
> gnuchess-5.07-10.fc6
> tux-3.2.18-9.fc6
> 
> There are others for fc7.
> 
> Why does this happen?
> 
> What should I do about it?
> 
> Pete
> 

Don't worry 'bout it. :)

wget --no-remove-listing \
ftp://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/i386/os/Packages/*fc9*

grep fc6 .listing

The ones you see here, have not needed updated or recompiled since fc6.
Does that help?


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Todd Denniston
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