Upgrading RH 7.3 to 9, is it worth it??

[Luriel]

I'm currently running RedHat 7.3, and I'm thinking about downloading version
9. My question is will that hurt anything? Such as Apache (1.3.27),
sendmail, etc. I'm worried that some inter dependencies (like lib versions
changing, it glibc stuff.)

Thanks for any info. I just want to know if the upgrade if worth the hassle,
and what the repercussions, if any, are.

Thanks.

[mullens]

Luriel wrote:
>
> I'm currently running RedHat 7.3, and I'm thinking about downloading version
> 9. My question is will that hurt anything? Such as Apache (1.3.27),
> sendmail, etc. I'm worried that some inter dependencies (like lib versions
> changing, it glibc stuff.)
>
> Thanks for any info. I just want to know if the upgrade if worth the hassle,
> and what the repercussions, if any, are.
>
> Thanks.

RedHat 9 has Apache 2 and you will lose Mp3 applications.

Wait a couple of months and download RedHat 10.

[Keith Clark]

mullens wrote:

> Luriel wrote:
> >
> > I'm currently running RedHat 7.3, and I'm thinking about downloading version
> > 9. My question is will that hurt anything? Such as Apache (1.3.27),
> > sendmail, etc. I'm worried that some inter dependencies (like lib versions
> > changing, it glibc stuff.)
> >
> > Thanks for any info. I just want to know if the upgrade if worth the hassle,
> > and what the repercussions, if any, are.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> RedHat 9 has Apache 2 and you will lose Mp3 applications.
>
> Wait a couple of months and download RedHat 10.

Don't wait. Go to Guru Labs (or a number of places) and download RPMs for RH9 that
support MP3. I'm really surprised that people still don't know how to do this for
themselves since it's been almost a year since Red Hat 8 dropped MP3 from xmms.

It's like saying "XP sucks because it doesn't come with Adobe Premiere". Sheesh...

[Trent Curry]

Keith Clark wrote:
> mullens wrote:
>
>> Keith Clark wrote:
>>>
>>> mullens wrote:
>>>
>>>> Luriel wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm currently running RedHat 7.3, and I'm thinking about
>>>>> downloading version
>>>>> 9. My question is will that hurt anything? Such as Apache
>>>>> (1.3.27),
>>>>> sendmail, etc. I'm worried that some inter dependencies (like lib
>>>>> versions
>>>>> changing, it glibc stuff.)
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for any info. I just want to know if the upgrade if worth
>>>>> the hassle,
>>>>> and what the repercussions, if any, are.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> RedHat 9 has Apache 2 and you will lose Mp3 applications.
>>>>
>>>> Wait a couple of months and download RedHat 10.
>>>
>>> Don't wait. Go to Guru Labs (or a number of places) and download
>>> RPMs for RH9 that support MP3. I'm really surprised that people
>>> still don't know how to do this for themselves since it's been
>>> almost a year since Red Hat 8 dropped MP3 from xmms.
>>>
>>> It's like saying "XP sucks because it doesn't come with Adobe
>>> Premiere". Sheesh...
>>
>> I stand by my suggestion. I use RedHat, I install an RPM for XMMS,
>> and I compile Xine. With RedHat 10, there will probably be a new
>> version of Open Office and an improved Gnome. When something
>> superior is in the offing it may be a good idea to wait for it.
>> Sheesh !
>
> Oh good grief.
>
> You want a freakin' xmms RPM that works with MP3, you ain't gettin'
> it from RedHat, so go download it from Guru Labs. Doesn't take a
> rocket scientist to figure that one out. ;->

True, although I prefer:
apt-get install xmms
:-)

> RedHat's position is that MP3 requires license fees that they refuse
> to pay (and I agree with their decision since it takes about 5
> seconds to find about any RPM you might want with Google or
> www.rpmfind.net).

License fees? What a crock of manure.

> Secondly, there won't be a RedHat 9.1 or a RedHat 10.
>
> Their whole model has changed.
>
> http://fedora.redhat.com

Sadly, true.

> Then there's "libgd". You need it if you're going to get Bugzilla
> working with charts and graphs (I can't sell it to management without
> their beloved graphs). The libgd RPM doesn't have the support that
> the Perl modules for charting need. Oh drat, I should "wait for the
> next version of RedHat"??? Nonsense. I grabbed it from source and
> compiled it and now Bugzilla does nice charts & graphs for the boss.

See what happens when people get hooked on rpms exclusively? If you are
going to be a *nix user learn to compile real src's fer cryin' out load! :-)

> Sheesh. "wait for the next RedHat version". If I believed that I
> wouldn't be running Gnome
> 2.4 or kernel 2.6 (test 6).

Kde 3 is great imho.

> RedHat 9 is worth the upgrade from a desktop perspective. If it
> doesn't have something you need, don't cry to RedHat, just go get it
> and install it.

For the record, I use RH 7.3 myself, with good 'ol Apache 1.3.27, Perl
5.6.1, and it gets the job done. I currently have no need to do any serious
upgrades. There are always some upgrades that can be done. Like a little
while ago I up'ed glibc* from 2.2.5-34 to 2.2.5-43, which has some mild
fixes here and there.

I would install glibc-2.3.2-4.80 but it would require 1000 and 1 other
upgrades as well. Would be nice if there was an easier way...

--
Trent Curry