On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 10:18:22AM -0500, John Aldrich wrote: > On Wed, 06 Dec 2000, Jochen.Fraatz@SARTORIUS.com wrote: > > I need to update my gcc compiler to version 2.96-54. But I have problems > > to extract the files from the gcc-2.96-54.i386.rpm archive. My rpm version > > 3.0.4 always reports the error message: Only packages with version <= 3 are > > supported by this rpm version. > > What does this mean? > > The rpm files have not been corrupted during download. > > Does anybody know how I can extract the packages? Do I need an update of > > rpm? > > > Upgrade to RPM 3.0.5 or better. IIRC, the latest version is 3.0.6. > This is RPM 4 compatible. Well, I would not recomend 3.0.6 for production, just like 4.1. If you want something at production level, try 3.0.5 or 4.0. But I would recomend gcc 2.96 even less, so if you are planning to use it, rpm 3.0.6 won't be your real problem. []s -- Rodrigo Barbosa (morcego) - rodrigob@conectiva.com.br Conectiva R&D Team - http://distro.conectiva.com.br "Quis custodiet custodes?" - http://www.conectiva.com
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