re: helix update after RH upgrade

[Gregory Leblanc <gleblanc cu-portland edu>]

On 20 Dec 2000 12:30:01 -0800, you wrote:
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> I just upgraded from RH 6.2 that had helix gnome installed to
> RH 7.0. Everything seems pretty normal so I know it did not revert
> my helix-gnome to plain-gnome. But now helix update does run.
> When I select it from the menu I get the dialog that asks for
> root's password. This dialog is different than pre-upgrade Its
> got an icon and more explaination. but then the dialog goes
> away and nothing more happens.
> 
> I assume its getting some error. Is this printed to a log
> somewhere?


You'll need to manuall install helix-gnome and helix-update again, as
they don't upgrade cleanly between RH6 and RH7.  If I do another upgrade
from RH62 w/ Helix to RH7, I'll be removing all of the GNOME stuff, then
upgrading, then re-installing GNOME, as the upgrade is very sloppy.

    Greg