On 20/02/2021 15.14, Rodney Baker wrote:
On Saturday, 20 February 2021 8:13:22 ACDT Carlos E.R. wrote:
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L A has a complicated problem you may not have been following. I don't remember all of it.
A TW machine had some hardware problem and could not be updated for some months. The compression format of rpms changed meanwhile. The rpm code in the machine can not cope with the new format and the machine can not be updated.
L A has been trying to build rpm program or libraries that can be installed on that system and tha can cope with that new format, but failed. There is a bugzilla about it.
Part of the problem is people telling to use OBS and L A refusing for privacy or enterprise reasons, and rebuilding the rpm from published rpm source code seems to be impossible, unless done at the OBS, which is external to L A.
I may of course have gaps in my understanding :-)
So nobody suggested downloading or creating a current Live DVD, booting from that (to ensure that the rpm version and libraries are current), then chrooting the problem system and updating that way (at lease for rpm and it dependencies)? Or is that too dangerous to try?
I think I suggested this or something similar. I don't remember. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)