RPM being stubborn?

["Karen Ellrick" <k-ellrick sctech co jp>]

I have RH 6.1 with the version of rpm that came with it (3.0.3-2).  A couple
weeks ago I downloaded and installed some of the rpms for ssh, naming
openssh and openssh-server of the version 2.1.1p1-1.  No problems for
getting an sshd server running.  But now I need to use the client side, and
discovered that I need the openssh-clients package.  No prob, I thought, and
went to get another rpm.  But now on Redhat's site the only versions listed
are 2.1.1p4-1 and 2.2.0p1-5.  I downloaded the 2.1.1p4-1 one and tried to
install.  Got an error:
   only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this version of
RPM
   error: openssh-clients-2.1.1p4-1.i386.rpm cannot be installed

I didn't think the number after the "p" would be considered a "major
number", and I have lots of packages with various combinations of numbers
greater than 3 installed on my box.  So I figured it was a compatibility
thing, and tried to first upgrade my openssh main package to the p4-1
version - same error.  I also tried uninstalling the one I had and starting
over with opnessh-2.2.0p1-5 - same error.  I thought, okay, it wants to play
hardball, so I'll have to try harder to find 2.1.1p1-1 - off to the RPM
Repository site.  They had a 2.1.1p1-1 made by Mega & Loman (never heard of
them).  Tried it, got even less info, just:
   error: openssh-clients-2.1.1p1-1.i386.rpm cannot be installed

What is going on, and how do I get an openssh-clients package for my box?  I
don't know if upgrading the rpm package will help, or if that will just
cause incompatibility with other stuff that is original RH 6.1 versions.

Karen

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Karen Ellrick
S & C Technology, Inc.
1-21-35 Kusatsu-shinmachi
Hiroshima  733-0834  Japan
(from U.S. 011-81, from Japan 0) 82-293-2838
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