[expert] updating rpm 3.x (LM 7.1) to 4.x (ML 8.0)

2001-06-01 Thread Christian Rost
Hi, as did RedHat before, the Mandrake guys introduced RPM 4.x with LM 8.0. Unfortunately, the rpm 4.x binary they're shipping with LM 8.0 can not be installed with rpm 3.x. I didn't find yet a smooth way to upgrade to rpm 4.x. Even the src.rpm 4.x files didn't help, because you need rpm 4.x to u

Re: [expert] updating rpm 3.x (LM 7.1) to 4.x (ML 8.0)

2001-06-01 Thread Mike Rambo
Try the rpm package from MDK7.2. It is version 3.0.5-27mdk and is capable of reading v4 rpm's. Check out the hint at the bottom of this URL for more info. http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/troubles/tquick5.html -- Mike Rambo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Christian Rost wrote: > > Hi, > > as did RedHat b

Re: [expert] updating rpm 3.x (LM 7.1) to 4.x (ML 8.0)

2001-06-01 Thread Ric Tibbetts
IIRC The Redhat solution was: You could upgrade to 4.02 using a recent 3.x THEN, you can upgrade from 4.02 to 4.03 (you just couldn't get from 3.x to 4.03 directly). I might be wrong on that one though. It's a two step process. That's the best I can remember of that one. The other solution: rp