Re: rpm-4.0.3 released (finally)

["Chris" <rpmlist games-world net>]

Hi Jeff,

Just to let you know I managed to resolve the problems and I accomplished
this by upgrading to rpm 4.0.3 and getting fresher versions of glibc
(corrupt files). No sign of the errors now.

Thanks for you help
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Johnson" <jbj@JBJ.ORG>
To: <rpm-list@redhat.com>
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 9:08 PM
Subject: Re: rpm-4.0.3 released (finally)


> On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 02:50:23PM -0600, Eli Carter wrote:
> > Jeff Johnson wrote:
> > >
> > > Rpm 4.0.3 is now available (finally) at
> > >
> > >         ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/dist/rpm-4.0.x/rpm-4.0.3-*
> > >
> > > The final part of the release (5x, 6x, 7x) indicates the version
> > > of Red Hat Linux for which the package has been built. For example,
> >
> > *sigh*  I know I'm about to display my ignorance, but...
> > RH7.2 had an rpm marked as version 4.0.3:
> > $ rpm -q redhat-release
> > redhat-release-7.2-1
> > $rpm -q rpm
> > rpm-4.0.3-1.03
> > $rpm --version
> > RPM version 4.0.3
> > Was that an alpha/beta/pre-release of the "real" 4.0.3 or something?
>
> You're not the only one confused.
>
> rpm-4.0.3 is/was developed underneath Red Hat 7.2. However, the needs
> of rpm and the Red Hat distro tend to diverge a bit at the end. I
> don't believe I've ever managed to get exactly the same bits in the
> distro and on ftp.rpm.org.
>
> So the answer is
> The two versions are nearly identical, but not exactly.
>
> FWIW, the "official" release is on ftp.rpm.org, but the important
> release is invariably the bits on the next release of the Red Hat
> distro.
>
> Look at the %changelog for the changes since approx. 9/1/2001.
> About the only important fix is that remote globbing was broke in 7.2.
> There's also an important (but not critical) speedup, repairing
> a brain fart of mine from rpm-3.0.2. The other changes are random
> fixes and "must have now" features, you won't be able to tell.
>
> There will be an all-platform errata release for rpm-4.0.3 for Red Hat
> 6x, I will probably add the 7x packages, but the 7.2 packages will
> work fine for 7.1/7.0 *IF* you apply the glibc errata.
>
> 73 de Jeff
>
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