Re: Preliminary rpm-4.1 test release

[Jeff Johnson <jbj redhat com>]

On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 11:22:53AM +0200, Matthias Saou wrote:
> Once upon a time, Jeff wrote :
> 
> > These packages are entirely incompatible with everything linked against
> > rpmlib, so, if you need/use rpmfind, rpm2html, gnorpm, kpackage, up2date,
> > red-carpet or anything else that uses rpmlib, these packages are not for
> > you.
> 
> I tested the 4.1 version that's been in rawhide for a few days (weeks?).
> I've been having quite a few problems with it (stuck and having to remove
> __* files for instance), but as I'm having problems with just about
> everything in the current rawhide, I can't really tell if it's actually rpm
> itself that's the problem or not.

Yup. FWIW, the __db* files are removed before next open by root.

> 
> Another side note is that in rawhide, I can't get apt for rpm to recompile,
> neither with gcc 3.1 (it stops almost immediately on a wrong number of
> arguments error) nor 2.96 (it stops much further but with a more obscure,
> for me, message)... ah the joys of c++ :-/

I knew there was a reason I never learned C++ :-)

73 de Jeff

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