Re: [expert] Rpm: packages with major numbers <=3

2001-02-12 Thread Bill Piety
If you have rpm-3.0.3x I don't believe you'll be able to directly upgrade to rpm-4.x via rpm itself. To simplify the thread on this, you can get to 3.0.5-27 via pre-built rpm's. Tho Gilligan seems to have a system-specific issue with his Kpackage, it shouldn't make any difference whether you're at

Re: [expert] Rpm: packages with major numbers <=3

2001-02-12 Thread Dan Jones
Actually, I have the same problem, and running from the command line does *not* solve it... Richard -Gilligan- Uschold wrote: > > Piero Caracciolo wrote: > > > The problem I'm submitting to the competent and kind mandrake > > community > > seems to have been fairly common fìof late. > > May be

Re: [expert] Rpm: packages with major numbers <=3

2001-02-06 Thread John Wolford
Richard, I don't share your experience. I've had Piero's EXACT problem and was wondering how to upgrade to RPM v4.x. The same thing happens whether you use the command line or some xwindow application. The answer is simple, and it makes sense too: you don't need rpm to install rpm. Somewhere -

Re: [expert] Rpm: packages with major numbers <=3

2001-02-05 Thread Richard -Gilligan- Uschold
Piero Caracciolo wrote: 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 th

[expert] Rpm: packages with major numbers <=3

2001-02-05 Thread Piero Caracciolo
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: "On