[rhn-users] Can I remove jfsutils from RHEL 5

[Stephen John Smoogen]

On Dec 13, 2007 6:45 AM, Charles Theobald <charles.theobald at ncmail.net> wrote:
> Thanks.  This server was originally a RHEL 3 server; I did an upgrade
> (no reformatting) to RHEL 5.  Jfsutils is giving me errors when I try to
> apply updates to the system.  Is it safe to remove?
>

Ack.. it should be good ok to remove. You should look for any other
orphans on the system

yum list extras

to get an idea of what else might be lurking on the system that could
cause problems.



> Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
> > On Dec 12, 2007 11:11 AM, Charles Theobald <charles.theobald at ncmail.net> wrote:
> >
> >> I'm getting conflict errors when trying to update our RHEL 5 server.
> >> The culprit seems to be jfsutils.  Do I need this?  Is it safe to remove?
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Hmmm I would try to figure out where that package came from. jfsutils
> > does not look like it comes with RHEL-5 standard and has not been
> > shipped with RHEL since 3. jfsutils is meant for dealing with JFS
> > filesystems. If you don't have such OS's you can safely remove it..
> > but I really would try to figure out where it came from first in case
> > someone else is dickering with your computer or added it because they
> > needed it.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Charles Theobald
> NC Division of Water Resources
> charles.theobald at ncmail.net
> 919-715-5425
>
>



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