The problem I'm submitting to the competent and kind mandrake community 
seems to have been fairly common fìof late.
May be somedy who solved it can help me.

I have Mandrake 7.0 and Rpm 3.03-43mdk.
A few days ago I attempted to install a new package using Rpm -i, and got 
the answer:

        "Only packages witn major numbers <=3 are supported by this version of Rpm".

I then tried  to install a more recent version of Rpm (version 4.02) and 
which has been my surprise when I got the same answer.


How did you solve this problem? Richard -Gilligan- Uschold seems to have 
found a solution, but may-be He could give me a more detailed explanation. 
Did he upgrade first from 3.03 to 3.04, then 3.05, and so on, until version 
4? And what he mens whe he says he rebuilded the database at every step?

Is'nt there a quicker and more human way to do it?

Thank you very much, anyway.


By the way, do you know what a major number is in the Rpm context?



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