GTK upgrade on RH5.2

["D. Emilio Grimaldo Tunon" <emilio_tunon nl compuware com>]

So, I downloaded a few terabytes of Gtk RPM's to update my RH-5.2,
this is what I downloaded:

    [root@c1030 Gtk]# ls
    gtk-engines-0.5-11.i386.rpm  gtk+-1.2.1-4.i386.rpm
    glib-1.2.1-1.i386.rpm        gtk+-devel-1.2.1-4.i386.rpm
    glib-devel-1.2.1-1.i386.rpm

But when trying to do the mass-upgrade I ran into these problems :(
Somehow it complaints about things that it needs and I already have.

    [root@c1030 Gtk]# rpm -Uvh glib* gtk*
    failed dependencies:
	    libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by gtk+-1.2.1-4
	    libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by gtk+-1.2.1-4
	    libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by gtk+-1.2.1-4
		    /lib/libc.so.6          I HAVE IT!
		    /lib/libm.so.6          I HAVE IT!

	    libglib.so.1 is needed by gimp-1.0.0-6
	    libglib.so.1 is needed by gimp-plugins-unstable-1.0.0-1
	    libglib.so.1 is needed by control-panel-3.7-7
	    libglib.so.1 is needed by gecko-1.6-0
	    libglib.so.1 is needed by gnome-core-0.20.1-2
	    libglib.so.1 is needed by gnome-libs-0.20-3
	    libglib.so.1 is needed by gnome-linuxconf-0.14-4rh
	    libglib.so.1 is needed by usermode-1.4.3-1
	    libglib.so.1 is needed by usernet-1.0.8-1
	    libglib.so.1 is needed by wmakerconf-1.1.1-3
	    libglib.so.1 is needed by AfterStep-APPS-1.5-0.3
	    	    /usr/lib/libglib.so.1	   I HAVE IT!
	    	    /usr/lib/libglib.so.1.0.6      I HAVE IT!

	    libgdk.so.1 is needed by gimp-1.0.0-6
	    libgdk.so.1 is needed by gimp-plugins-unstable-1.0.0-1
	    libgdk.so.1 is needed by control-panel-3.7-7
	    libgdk.so.1 is needed by gnome-core-0.20.1-2
	    libgdk.so.1 is needed by gnome-libs-0.20-3
	    libgdk.so.1 is needed by gnome-linuxconf-0.14-4rh
	    libgtk.so.1 is needed by usermode-1.4.3-1
	    libgtk.so.1 is needed by usernet-1.0.8-1
	    libgtk.so.1 is needed by wmakerconf-1.1.1-3
	    libgtk.so.1 is needed by AfterStep-APPS-1.5-0.3


Oddly enough, the history of the RPM's show that they have been built
by redhat... So why is it complaining about a failed dependency when
the libraries in question are already there with the right version
number? Either the dependencies are broken or something else. Does
this mean I downloaded all of that for nothing? will I have to
then also download superterabytes of Gnome stuff? will I become
deprived of good old Gimp? and worse of all will it break my two
favourite Window managers (WindowMaker & AfterStep, I use the
latter)? I would really really hate to fallback on FVWM* :'(

So, has anybody done this upgrade already? with RPM's? I have
1.1 in /usr/local because other programs need it. Ideas? this
is becoming a nightmare...

		Cheers (???),
				Emilio

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D. Emilio Grimaldo Tunon       Compuware Europe B.V. (Uniface Lab)
Software Engineer	       Amsterdam, The Netherlands
emilio_tunon@nl.compuware.com  Tel. +31 (0)20 3126 516
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