Subject: Re: rpm 4.0 sources in rpm 3 format?
From: Hollis R Blanchard (hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu)
Date: Wed Nov 15 2000 - 21:09:28 MST
On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Neil Jolly wrote:
> 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?
Install rpm4, then immediately rpm --rebuild.
Then move the old database out of the way:
cd /var/lib/rpm
mkdir old
mv *.rpm old
> > Hey you in the red hat! Yeah you. Ever hear of backward compatability?
>
> Apparently not!
As Bryan just pointed out (I frequently wonder why people don't read all
the responses before responding themselves), rpm 3.0.5 supports the rpm4
package format.
-Hollis
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