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From: hooft@fys.ruu.nl (Rob Hooft)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: help with IRIX 3.3.1 update!!
Message-ID: <1991May8.064206.22111@fys.ruu.nl>
Date: 8 May 91 06:42:06 GMT
References: <9105062249.AA18971@libra.cs.nps.navy.mil>
Organization: Physics Department, University of Utrecht
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In <9105062249.AA18971@libra.cs.nps.navy.mil> adaptive@libra.cs.nps.navy.mil (zyda res acct) writes:

>>Pre-Installation check failure:
>>The following subsystems cannot be installed beacause they are
>>replaced by newer versions already on the disk. If you want to
>>install the older versions, you must remove newer versions first.
>>

>I am not a systems admin type and would like to know if anyone has
>run into this problem. Why would the 3.3.1 maintenance update tape
>contain older versions of software that has been previously installed?
>Am I missing the boat here?

I think that you, as well as we, had a separate shipment of the development
system. I ran into the same problem. It is very easy to solve.

Select a manual update to 3.3.1, and ask for a list of subsystems to install
All subsystems that say "There is already a newer version" must be deselected.

Be careful: all "N"ewer marked subsystems must be "K"ept, while all "O"lder
versions must be "I"nstalled. See manuals.

Then install the systems by typing "go".

If you try to quit the "instal>", it will probably tell you that the debugger 
you're running is not compatible with the 3.3.1 system. use "versions delete" as
indicated, and everything works fine.

Disclaimer: I did this here, and it works. Don't try to get me if it doesn't 
with your system.
-- 
Rob Hooft, Chemistry department University of Utrecht.
hooft@hutruu54.bitnet hooft@chem.ruu.nl hooft@fys.ruu.nl