Re: [cobalt-security] RaQ3/4 + glibc Update (+ ChiliSoft) + MySQL = Problem

[Michael Stauber <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Francisco,

> Michael, I was waiting for someone to ask the question in this list, but
> since nobody have done so, is it a way for those of us who have installed
> the RaQ4-All-Security-2.0.1-13453.pkg update to uninstall it?

No, unfortunately not. There is an uninstaller present for this package in 
(/var/lib/cobalt/uninstallers/), but it will of course not delete the new 
glibc or re-install the old one. Some packages are just destined to be 
uninstallable just like this one.

I thought about downloading RaQ4-All-Security-0.0.1-8061.pkg, which contains 
the old glibc. It's possible to extract the PKG by running "tar zxvf 
RaQ4-All-Security-0.0.1-8061.pkg" and then to reinstall the RPMs therein with 
"rpm -hUv --force --nodeps *.rpm". However, I didn't feel adventurous enough 
to try that on a production machine as this has the chance to screw the box 
up even worse. 

FWIW: I know SUN/Cobalt is very dedicatedly working on this problem and it 
appears they're also going a few extra miles more than you'd usually might 
expect. 

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With best regards,

Michael Stauber
mstauber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Unix/Linux Support Engineer