RH7.0, Kernel 2.2.16-12, Problem Upgrading krb5-devel and krb5-libs

["Dave Warchol" <Warchol@harthosp.org>]

Hello Managers:
           I am building a RH7.0 web server and have one immediate
problem and a general question about the process of building a system
that is patched up to date.  I installed 7.0 from the CD's, no problem. 
My approach is to apply all of the Red Hat Errata (General Advisories,
Bug Fixes and Enhancements) in ascending date order of release, I am
assuming that this is a logical approach.  The immediate problem is in
upgrading from krb5-devel and krb5-libs -1.2.1-8 to 1.2.2-12, as
follows:

[root@hclxtstest01 rh70_errata]# rpm -qa | grep krb5
krb5-devel-1.2.1-8
krb5-libs-1.2.1-8

[root@hclxtstest01 rh70_errata]# rpm -Fvh krb5-devel-1.2.2-12.i386.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
        krb5-libs = 1.2.2-12 is needed by krb5-devel-1.2.2-12
[root@hclxtstest01 rh70_errata]# rpm -Fvh krb5-libs-1.2.2-12.i386.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
        krb5-libs = 1.2.1 is needed by krb5-devel-1.2.1-8
[root@hclxtstest01 rh70_errata]# 

I'm not sure how to proceed.  Do I freshen -libs with --nodeps and then
freshen -devel?  It is a catch-22.  Any advice is appreciated.

On a general note.  When applying the errata in ascending date order I
find that the rpm's described in the detailed documentation on Red Hat's
site are not always there, having been replaced by newer versions,
usually described in a later errata.  Sometimes in the later errata
there is mention of the newer errata superceding an earlier one
(sometimes not).  It gets somewhat confusing.  Is a better approach to
use Red Hat's up2date?  Any experiences with up2date?  I have had more
experience with Solaris where the approach has been to lay down the base
OS and then apply all of the recommend patches, historically, for me,
this has been a relatively painless experience.

Thanks much,

Dave
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