Re: rpm v3 --> v4 upgrade problems

["Alan R. Becker" <beckera mail-now com>]

You didn't say what version you have, but I faced 
what may have been a similar problem:  to get a 
RH6.2 system, loaded from the original distribution, 
w/no patches applied, brought to a fully patched 
state.	I did the following:

(1) Log in to RedHat Network.  If you don't have a 
membership, I recommend signing up.

(2) Click on the item "Help Desk" on the left side.

(3) Click on the item "RHN and RH Linux 6.2"

(4) A document is displayed that gives a list of RPMs to 
download, and the order in which to install them to bring 
RH 6.2 up to the point where it can log in to RHN and 
get any further updates that are appropriate and desired. 

The rpm list shows about a dozen packages, including 
db3-3xxx and rpm-4.0.2xxx.  You can use this procedure 
whether on not you choose later to register a system on 
RHN for updating.

Maybe this isn't a purist's way, but it worked well for me.
Al Becker



=?iso-8859-2?Q?Marcin_Ka=B3u=BFa?= <marcin54321@poczta.onet.pl> wrote:

> Hello
> I've got the following problem:
> I want to do some upgades to my RH, but they all require newer libs.
I've
> got these libs in rpm's from RH7.2, but I need rpm-4.x to extract
them. I've
> got rpm-4.x as well, but it's also an v4 rpm package and I can't
extract it.
> What tarball should I get in order to compile/install a working v4?
> I already have rpm-4.0.3.tar.gz from ftp.rpm.org, but it requires
db3 to
> compile (and its sources are in rpm :)
> I'm asking since I've got a slow modem connection and don't want to
download
> 12MB just to find out it's no good?
> thx in advance
> Martin
> 
> 
> 
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