[techtalk] Large Disk/glibc/RPM Hell

[Jeff Dike]

kmactane at GothPunk.com said:
> However, I can't  upgrade glibc using rpm, because I need a higher
> version of rpm.
> I tried installing rpm 4.0.2 from source, but it immediately barfed
> and  told me I needed a higher glibc. 

Have you tried rpm --nodeps in one of these strategic places?  The new rpm 
might work with the old libc even it doesn't want to.

				Jeff