1.6.0 RPM available for Redhat 6.2 available yet

[Bill Nottingham]

Linas Vepstas (linas@linas.org) said: 
> > I'm not saying it can't happen, because it probably will
> > (the dependency chain that drags things in is pretty ugly); but
> > it's certainly possible to just have glibc-2.2 on a previously
> > glibc-2.1 system.
> 
> I suppose I should have let this thread die. I agree that if one
> hand-copied a new glibc into place, chances are, everything would work. 
> But the rpm ... I vaguley remembered that it wanted a new version of 
> pam. And the old python-based user config tools didn't like having a 
> new pam, so they needed upgrading. But the new tools needed the new 
> python environment... and so on.  Sooner or later, theres a python
> based gtk app, and so gtk needs upgrading ... dominoes. 

I agree; you'll notice that I originally suggested *against*
trying to install RPMs built for 7.x on 6.x. :)

Bill