evolution - getting/sending mail - DISASTER

[Kevin Brown]

Michelle Lowman wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 21:47, mazdaracer wrote:
> 
>>Nothing but fun :(
>>
>>After running up2date (rh7.3) I had 1.0.3-6 of evolution and the the
>>problem remained. Even now I have to change the mail server incoming and
>>outgoing to get mail in and out. And this is now on my laptop too with
>>the -4 version.
>>
>>On the mainbox, I tried to upgrade to the latest evolution 1.2.1. But
>>then the dependencies!  Only a few so I started downloading them. Also
>>tried to use apt, but the dependencies there too were getting to be a
>>pain!
>>
>>Anyway after loading most of them I ended up still needing gnome-spell
>>and bonobo. But then I seemed to run into a conflict with another lib
>>that was looking for not the latest but the version prior, which was
>>superceded by my earlier rpm -i !!
>>
>>So now I tried to go back to 1.0.3-4 but can't because the dependencies
>>are too new apparently.
>>
>>Now I can't even get evolution up on the mainbox!
>>
>>ANY suggestions?
>>
>>pete
>>
> 
> 
> You can install an older version of whatever you need with
> 
> rpm -i --force whatever.rpm
> 
> -Michelle
> 
> 

Try using -U (Upgrade) to replace the packages.  Your best bet might be to use 
the cds for RH7.3 and do a rpm -Fvh --force *.rpm as this should cause rpm to 
replace only instances of packages that are on the system, then rerun up2date, 
but don't update evolution.

Better yet, upgrade the system to RH8.