[plug] RPM's

[Russell Keith-Magee]

russ wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Are there different versions of rpm? I'm getting this message:
> 
> only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this version of
> RPM

Yes - RPM is currently at version 4 (and some change) - this shipped
with RedHat Linux 7.0. Packages built under RH7 won't install on an
older box. RPM 4 introduced some major changes to the package format and
the RPM database.

Russ Magee %-)

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