On 03-Feb-2001 Richard -Gilligan- Uschold wrote:
> Questions:
>
> 1. Is there a rpm package distributor that identifies which version of
> rpm was used to build the packages? Who?
Doesn't matter, the rpm package itself is binary compatible between version 3
and 4. (See the list archieves on cooker)
> 2. How is one supposed to upgrade from rpm-3.0 to rpm-4.0?
If you install rpm v4 from the cooker dir, you will have to rename your rpm
database files to the new v4 naming convention. In /var/lib/rpm
Old Names:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16384 Jan 31 10:20 conflictsindex.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2613248 Jan 31 10:20 fileindex.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16384 Jan 31 10:20 groupindex.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24576 Jan 31 10:20 nameindex.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14446216 Jan 31 10:20 packages.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 94208 Jan 31 10:20 providesindex.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 110592 Jan 31 10:20 requiredby.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16384 Jan 31 10:20 triggerindex.rpm
New Names:
-rw------- 1 root root 2646016 Feb 2 22:15 Basenames
-rw------- 1 root root 12288 Feb 1 12:33 Conflictname
-rw------- 1 root root 12288 Feb 2 22:15 Group
-rw------- 1 root root 24576 Feb 2 22:15 Name
-rw------- 1 root root 11169792 Feb 2 22:15 Packages
-rw------- 1 root root 94208 Feb 2 22:15 Providename
-rw------- 1 root root 126976 Feb 2 22:15 Requirename
-rw------- 1 root root 12288 Feb 1 12:26 Triggername
Note the file sizes are a little off because I've installed/removed some
packages since upgrading to cooker.
> 3. It there a version of rpm-3.0.x that can read packages built by
> rpm-4.0?
See answer to question one.
Regards,
Chris
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