rpm -Fvh glibc* hanging

[Jack Byers]

Jack Byers     byersj at hotmail.com
redhat8.0
trying to upgrade glibc,  rqrd to install firefox

yesterday I got partway there
with one long   rpm -Uvh   command
both retrieving from fedoralegacy and installing
which evidently succeeded on the first two out of seven .rpm

and then stalled,
(possibly bc of a problem w my dslmodem or  linksys router
that interrupted internet access)

w result  that glibc- and glibc-common exist in both versions
2.3.2-4.80.8 and  2.2.93-5
and other five remain only in 2.2.93-5

[root at bootp dglibcrpm]# rpm -qa |grep glibc
glibc-profile-2.2.93-5
glibc-common-2.2.93-5
glibc-kernheaders-2.4-7.20
glibc-debug-static-2.2.93-5
glibc-common-2.3.2-4.80.8
glibc-devel-2.2.93-5
glibc-utils-2.2.93-5
glibc-debug-2.2.93-5
glibc-2.3.2-4.80.8
glibc-2.2.93-5
[root at bootp dglibcrpm]#

repeated attempts after regaining internet access all seemed to hang


today, separately downloaded all the seven .rpm
and attempted using -Fvh   as per advice seen on google


[root at bootp drpmgl]# rpm -Fvh glibc*
warning: glibc-2.3.2-4.80.8.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 
db42a60e
Preparing...                ########################################### 
[100%]
<<< no other response,
<<<< ps  shows no progress
<<<<this window  wont even respond to a CTRL-C
Killed <<<< from another window after observing no progress
[root at bootp drpmgl]#


so then tried Uvh
[root at bootp drpmgl]# rpm -Uvh glibc*
warning: glibc-2.3.2-4.80.8.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 
db42a60e
Preparing...                ########################################### 
[100%]
        package glibc-common-2.3.2-4.80.8 is already installed
        package glibc-2.3.2-4.80.8 is already installed
[root at bootp drpmgl]#

here the window doesnt hang
but none of the other old versions get upgraded

[root at bootp drpmgl]# rpm -qa |grep glibc
glibc-profile-2.2.93-5
glibc-common-2.2.93-5
glibc-kernheaders-2.4-7.20
glibc-debug-static-2.2.93-5
glibc-common-2.3.2-4.80.8
glibc-devel-2.2.93-5
glibc-utils-2.2.93-5
glibc-debug-2.2.93-5
glibc-2.3.2-4.80.8
glibc-2.2.93-5
[root at bootp drpmgl]#



I am stumped;
and I currently have the above  mix of  versions



If i leave the system as is, what trouble can i expect?

Is it maybe worth trying to  download old versions glibc,glibc-common  .rpm

and trying to  -Fvh  or -Uvh    just those two
to have only the old version
consistent thruout all the glibc*rpm



any advice much appreciated
Jack