Important information regarding latest Xorg update packages

[jspaleta]

FYI and this might be worth "headlining" on the forum frontpage
http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bugs/XorgUpdateFix

From the Desk of the Fedora Xorg developers:
Subject: Unavoidable Xorg package update problems

Greetings earthlings.
One of the regressions that was present in the
xorg-x11-6.8.2-37.FC4.48.1 update (bug #168844), has been fixed in the
latest update xorg-x11-6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2. Unfortunately, users will
still see an error on upgrade which is unavoidable.

Also, you may end up with 2 copies of libGLU installed, which may
cause further problems. This problem is also unavoidable.

Since these are 2 unavoidable problems users will experience when
upgrading from the broken package to the current fixed package, I am
asking people to please read [WWW]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla....cgi?id=168844 and spread
the URL around for instructions on how to work around these
unavoidable problems.

Tell your friends. Tell your mom.
Root cause of problem: rpm sucks, film at 11 ;oP

Short version of solution without explanation:
rpm -e --allmatches --nodeps --noscripts xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU
yum install xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU

Important Notes: There is no need to report this problem to bugzilla.
The problem has been reported in bug #168844, and fixed already. Even
though it is fixed, you _WILL_ see the problem at least once no matter
what, and that's unfortunately unavoidable.

[tchung]

Updated Advisory at:
http://fedoranews.org/mediawiki/inde....2-37.FC4.49.2

Thomas Chung