On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 11:49:36AM -0400, Jeff Johnson wrote: > >On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 10:11:21AM -0400, Jeff Johnson wrote: > > coming to speak of it what is the compatibility range for the rpm > > format? I.e. will RH7.3 deal well with rpm generated under RH9 or > > later? > > The compatibility range for rpm format is quite large, 5+ years. > > Content is narrower, prolly back to rpm-3.0.4 at least, farther if packaging > is tuned. Great! > Content interpretation is covered explicitly by tracking dependencies. > > And all above doesn't matter, because you'll get bit by something like NPTL, > or gnome1 vs. gnome2, or python vs. python2 or a bug in rpm long before > the format breaks. OK, of course that's true, but I only want to replace rpmbuild in RH9/8.0/7.3 with a single version. So, if I understand it correctly a RH7.3 system upgrade to rpm 4.2 generates valid rpm files (including signatures etc.) for legacy RH7.3 systems. > > I'd like to have a single rpm version for different build > > environments, e.g. rpmbuild 4.2 for RH9, RH8.0 and RH7.3. > > > > In fact I am already building with 4.2 for all RH platforms, is there > > anything to fear? Would 4.2.1 be a better candidate for consolidating rpm versions? -- Axel.Thimm@physik.fu-berlin.de
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