Upgrading from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 on multi-lib systems may prevent future Red Hat Network (RHN) upgrades.

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When performing an Anaconda upgrade from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, several manual steps may be required to complete the upgrade. Because of multi-lib and packaging differences between the two products, the system may contain a mismatch of older packages for a different architecture.

To determine if the upgraded system exhibits this behavior, you can check...

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