why can't I upgrade php?

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On Sun, 2003-11-30 at 20:00, linbox wrote:
> I am trying to upgrade to the latest stable php, and I get the following 
> message with rpm -Uvh php-4.3.4-1.1.i386.rpm (even if I try the --force 
> tag).
> 
> warning: php-4.3.4-1.1.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 30c9ecf8
> error: Failed dependencies:
>         php = 4.3.3-6 is needed by (installed) php-imap-4.3.3-6
>         php = 4.3.3-6 is needed by (installed) php-ldap-4.3.3-6
>         php = 4.3.3-6 is needed by (installed) php-mysql-4.3.3-6
>         php = 4.3.3-6 is needed by (installed) php-odbc-4.3.3-6
>         php = 4.3.3-6 is needed by (installed) php-pgsql-4.3.3-6
>         php = 4.3.3-6 is needed by (installed) php-domxml-4.3.3-6
>         php = 4.3.3-6 is needed by (installed) php-snmp-4.3.3-6
>         php = 4.3.3-6 is needed by (installed) php-xmlrpc-4.3.3-6
> 
> I get a similar error if I try to erase (rpm -e) the old php file.

Those aren't errors per se: they are saying "if you upgrade php, all
this other stuff will break".


> What am I doing wrong? 

The answer to the previous question should be obvious: upgrade all of
the other stuff at the same time (download the rpms manually or use
yum).