Subject: Re: rpm 4.0 sources in rpm 3 format?
From: Neil Jolly (njolly@home.com)
Date: Wed Nov 15 2000 - 21:42:46 MST
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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