Subject: Re: KDE - more hassles rpm 4.0 sources in rpm 3 format?
From: Neil Jolly (njolly@home.com)
Date: Wed Nov 15 2000 - 21:01:14 MST
Patrick Callahan wrote:
>
> # rpm -qlp rpm-4.0-4.4.src.rpm
> only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this version of RPM
> query of rpm-4.0-4.4.src.rpm failed
>
> Where can I get rpm-4.0 sources that are not packaged with rpm4?
>
Yeah I've been wondering about that for a while too. It seems to me that
there is a package of rpm 4 on the linuxppc contrib site, but I also
recall some pleas for help after someone installed it and was unable to
wield it against their already existing rpm 3 format rpms. Any of the
wizards out there know the answer here?
>
> Hey you in the red hat! Yeah you. Ever hear of backward compatability?
Apparently not!
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