old rpms after upgrade

[Peter J. Stieber]

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

TD = Todd Denniston
TD> Don't worry 'bout it. :)
TD>
TD> wget --no-remove-listing \
TD> 
ftp://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/i386/os/Packages/*fc9*
TD>
TD> grep fc6 .listing
TD>
TD> The ones you see here, have not needed updated or
TD> recompiled since fc6.  Does that help?

Yes. Thanks.  I posted my reason for concern in reply to Michael's post, 
but my logic was incorrect.

Thanks again for the info,
Pete