From:	 "'Bryce'" <bryce@redhat.com>
To:	 axp-list@redhat.com
Subject: Re: Whats with the RH alpha 7.1
Date:	 Wed, 27 Jun 2001 12:26:29 -0400

Mark Arrasmith wrote:

> On Wednesday 27 June 2001 09:05 am, Kurt wrote:
> > I wouldn't push it to any mission critical boxen as they recalled it. On an
> > AS500, all seems to be fine so far (other than X on the TGA card in it),
> > but I haven't messed with it a ton yet.
>
> I had to install XFree-TGA-3.3.6 from the second disk to get my tga card
> working.  I'll be putting an Elsa-Gloria Synergy card in later today to see
> how the 3d stuff performs.
>
> - mark arrasmith

Ok basically there is *nothing* wrong with the original ISO's at a *code
execution level* (apart from the normal code bugs we'll always trip over),  the
ISO's were pulled because it was discovered, after the CD's were gold, that the
dependancy lists in the RPMs were inconsitant such that the Red Hat Network
would not correctly identify which packages it needed to update or would impact
if you tried to update your system using RHN (So for the vast majority of users,
I can see you all shrugging shoulders and saying 'so what? I don't use that')
RHN is a pivitol piece of technology that Red Hat wishes to use as part of it's
movement into the services sector, so from the RHAT point of view, it has to be
fixed, hence, the ISO's were pulled, and the affected RPMS were recompiled with
a bumped release number such that the dependancies for each RPM were
regenerated, so that the RHN would function correctly with the Alpha release.
For those of you that have the original Gold CD's, if you've already installed
the original ISO set and had hoped to use the RHN, your best way forward is to
repull the ISO set and use the upgrade feature from the new ISO's which, because
they have the bumped release numbers, should update your system to a state
consistant with the RHN's rosey view of the universe.

As for the question, "Ok, so where are the new ISO's?" they should be available
either today or tomorrow (last I heard)

Phil
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