<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On 9 May 2008, at 08:32, John Winters wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite">Given that it must still be a reasonably clean install, why not simply<br>list all the packages which are currently installed (I don't use RH/FC any<br>more, but ISTR a command like "rpm -l"), re-install from scratch using the<br>64 bit version, do an "rpm -l" (or whatever) again, diff the two lists and<br>install the remainder.<br></blockquote></div><div apple-content-edited="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>rpm -qa</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Alternatively, if he's modified config files etc., running "rpm -Va" will list changes (it</div><div>won't list cases where files have been _added_ without RPM, though)</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>If stuff has been added without RPM, and haven't then been added in clearly separate</div><div>locations, it'll get more painful, but you can list all files RPM knows about with "rpm -qla",</div><div>which would give a reasonable starting point to diff against "find /" to see what files have</div><div>been added to the system.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I've used the above before to reconstruct installation instructions for various servers</div><div>that was a hodgepodge of manually installed stuff before, and it's no fun but it works.</div><div>Especially if there's a reason backup to bail you out when there's something you've</div><div>forgotten to copy over...</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Vidar</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>-- </div><div>Vidar Hokstad</div><div>Technical Director</div><div>Aardvark Media Limited</div><div><div>Mobile: 0795 867 7857</div><div>Direct Dial: 020 7183 2740</div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div>2 Fulham Business Exchange</div><div>The Boulevard</div><div>Imperial Wharf</div><div>London</div><div>SW6 2TL</div></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>