No !! it isn't safe! Restriction are made in spec file so that only rrdtool 1.0 can be installed.
Hello MasterSleepy,
I am trying to upgrade some servers from smecontribs and have excluded rrdtool to ensure that it does not break another contrib (sme7admind). I wish to have sysmon upgraded. This is what happen:
#Modified /etc/yum.conf to exclude problematic packages:
[smecontribs]
enabled=1
mirrorlist=file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-smecontribs
name=SME Server - contribs
gpgcheck=1
enablegroups=1
exclude=rrdtool rrdtool-perl librrd
#Doing yum update:
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package smeserver-updates.noarch 0:1.2-3.el4.sme set to be updated
---> Package perl-Unicode-String.i386 0:2.09-6.el4 set to be updated
---> Package smeserver-userpanel.noarch 0:0.9-11.el4.sme set to be updated
---> Package smeserver-vacation.noarch 0:1.0-14.el4.sme set to be updated
---> Package tzdata.noarch 0:2007k-2.el4 set to be updated
---> Package smeserver-mailsorting.noarch 0:1.2-11.el4.sme set to be updated
---> Package krb5-libs.i386 0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1 set to be updated
---> Package smeserver-remoteuseraccess.noarch 0:1.2-16.el4.sme set to be updated
---> Package awstats.noarch 0:6.7-1.el4.rf set to be updated
---> Package smeserver-userpanels.noarch 0:1.0-7.el4.sme set to be updated
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--> Package smeserver-sysmon.noarch 0:6.1-1.el4.sme set to be updated---> Package sarg.i386 0:2.2.3.1-1.el4.rf set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: rrdtool >= 1.2 for package: smeserver-sysmon
--> Processing Dependency: fping for package: smeserver-sysmon
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package fping.i386 0:2.4-1.b2.2.el4.rf set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: rrdtool >= 1.2 for package: smeserver-sysmon
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Missing Dependency: rrdtool >= 1.2 is needed by package smeserver-sysmonWhy does sysmon try to pull >=1.2 ???
Thanks
chris