Yep, did them both at one point in time.

Updated kernel. result ... broken system. fix format HD partitions, 
reinstall operating system. Thank Goodness /home on own partitions.

Updated rpms after resolving dependencies, but still had conflicts
solution --force. result, system works some utilities broken. Need to
pull down db3 and compile yet.

Update on new distro. Downloaded linuxfromscratch and gentoo linux
yesterday. Asked Ximian to use their gnome branch. Will be studying this
week.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rich Edelman [mailto:edelman@speedscript.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 2:17 PM
> To: kclug@kclug.org
> Subject: Re: mandrake's mods to the OS (was Re: New distro)
> 
> 
> You like if you use Mandrake Update to update your kernel, or you use 
> --nodeps and --force on the installation of a new glibc RPM? 
> No, I didn't do 
> that last one, but I know someone who did. RPM installed, 
> system didn't work 
> anymore though....
> 
> On Tuesday 29 January 2002 01:13 pm, Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Brian Densmore" <DensmoreB@ctbsonline.com>
> >
> > > But as anyone who has tried installing a Redhat rpm on a Mandrake
> > > system lately knows is that it doesn't necessarily work. This is
> > > strange since Mandrake is "100% Redhat compatible".
> >
> > Ah, but worse is when the RPM DOES work - but then your 
> system doesn't.
> >
> 
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