Re: rpm problem w/ 6.1 & 6.2

[Matt Drew <mdrew redhat com>]

You need to update rpm itself first.  Use the rpm-4.0.2 packages for 6.2
(you'll also need the db3-3.1.17 upgrade as well).

Matt


On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Chuck Campbell wrote:

> when I try to install the netscape-4.77-0.6.2.src.rpm from a redhat
> mirror (I dl'ed it from valinux) I get the following:
>
> rpm -Uvh netscape-4.77-0.6.2.src.rpm
> only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this version of RPM
> error: netscape-4.77-0.6.2.src.rpm cannot be installed
>
> Ok, I assume there is an epoch related problem as the list has been discussing
> lately, so I thought I'd roll my own.  Only I tried:
>
> rpm2cpio netscape-4.77-0.6.2.src.rpm
> only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this version of RPM
> error reading header from package
>
> iSo, now I'm stuck.  What do I have to do next?
>
> thanks,
> -chuck
>
>

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Matt Drew
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