Re: Conflict between glibc 2.1.3 and rpm-3.0.5/6, rpm-4.0.x

[Jeff Johnson <jbj JBJ ORG>]

On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 09:45:07AM -0800, Cris Perdue wrote:
> On this question, I've tested rpm-4.0-7x.i386.rpm from the
> "dist/rpm-4.0.x" directory and rpm-4.0.2-7x from the test-4.0.2
> directory.  My rpm v3.0.4 fails on each of these, saying it is only able
> to install packages with version numbers <= 3.
> 

These are packages for Red Hat 7.x wich uses rpm-4.0. Try the *6x* packages,
they should be in version 3 packaging understood by rpm-3.0.4.

> It appears that recent packaging of RPM has slipped to indicate major
> version 4.  This glitch in the packaging will probably be well worth
> fixing, at least for newer releases of 4.0.x as more people start trying
> to use newer packages.
> 

Yup, the "fix" is called rpm-4.0.2, although rpm-3.0.5 and later also "works".

73 de Jeff

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