[plug] rpm upgrade

[Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima]

On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Barry wrote:

> i have a rh 6.2 system using rpm version rpm-3.0-6.0

<snip>

> rpm -Uvh rpm-4.0-4.i386.rpm
> only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this version of RPM
> error: rpm-4.0-4.i386.rpm cannot be installed
>
> do i have to build from src the new version or is there a way to upgrade

Upgrade to: rpm-devel-3.0.5-9.6x.i386.rpm

You can get them from:

ftp://ftpo.cantech.net.au/pub/Linux/RedHat/redhat-6.2/updates/i386/rpm-3*

HTH

Yours Tony.

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