[PLUG] rpm question

[Doug Porter]

i think that the best option would be to upgrade to rpm 3.0.5 which
supposedly handles rpm 4 packages. then if you wanted you should be able
to upgrade to the real rpm 4.

here is where to get the rpm 3.0.5 packages:
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHEA-2000-051-01.html

- doug porter <porterds@purdue.edu>

Josh Guffin wrote:
> 
> i just tried to update my version of rpm with the latest version from
> redhat's beta directory on csociety.  (rpm-4.0-0.59.i386.rpm)
> 
> rpm complains that:
> 
> only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this version of RPM
> error: rpm-4.0-0.59.i386.rpm cannot be installed
> 
> how can i install this package?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> josh
> 
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