Yum Update fails due to conflicting perl packages
- by amRit
Hi
I have a CentOS 5.2 i386 Production box with Qmail, LAMP etc
now since it showed me that it could upgrade to 5.3, i downloaded all the packages using yum update
However, the update fails due to perl packages conflicting
I believe that while installing Qmail, I had tried for Mailscanner and thus it upgraded the per itself
I read somewhere that we can uninstall the conflicting rpms and then go for the upgrade
But, I am about 50 % sure that if I go ahead and uninstall perl, my server will crash like a falling house of cards
Also, perl is needed by variety of packages working including vpopmail etc
Thus, I request anyone to please tell me if we have a safer solution to this
IF there is no solution to this, then can somebody please teach me how to backup and restore Qmail as it is. I can handle the rest of the things
I sincerely appreciate those who have read and even thought about my problem
In anticipation of a solution
Regards
amRit