Re: [expert] "upgrade" RPM 3 to 4 -- Where?

2001-04-09 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Mark: I tend to agree with you. I thought I would raise the question, anyway. I guess for those who stay with LM72, they can still always install RH 6.2 versions of programs that are not available in LM72 rpm form. RH6.2 is still used everywhere, and for that reason Red Hat continues to p

Re: [expert] "upgrade" RPM 3 to 4 -- Where?

2001-04-09 Thread Mark Weaver
Ben, If you're running a 7.2 system I would really "strongly" advise against using any other version of RPM other then version 3. the one that you have on there already. you REALLY don't want the headaches of trying to convert from RPM version 3.x.x to version 4. There's an old saying my grandfat

[expert] "upgrade" RPM 3 to 4 -- Where?

2001-04-09 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: I recently heard that Red Hat has produced a special RPM package that will allow Red Hat 6 users (who use rpm version 3 to upgrade packages that are built with rpm version 4). If so, does anyone know where I can find this information, and, more importantly, what is the opinion of