Subject: Re: rpm 4.0 sources in rpm 3 format?
From: Sam Moore (samiwas@macconnect.com)
Date: Wed Nov 15 2000 - 21:55:36 MST
Where did you find that rpm4? I couldn't find it...
On 11/15/00 at 9:42 PM, njolly@home.com (Neil Jolly) wrote:
> Hollis R Blanchard wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Neil Jolly wrote:
> >
>
> > > > 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
>
> Thank you
>
> >
> > > > 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.
> >
>
> Probably because I don't have a response from anyone named Bryan, but
> thanks for the tip on rpm 3.0.5. That'll do the trick.
>
>
>
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