[979] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Newer version of rpm?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hal L. DeVore Jr.)
Fri Oct 25 16:59:12 1996
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 25 Oct 1996 13:42:26 EDT."
<199610251742.NAA05161@tristan.redhat.com>
Reply-To: hdevore@crow.bmc.com
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 14:31:23 -0500
From: "Hal L. DeVore Jr." <hdevore@crow.bmc.com>
Resent-From: redhat-list@redhat.com
johnsonm@redhat.com said:
> Yep. Here's the missing link: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/code/
> rpm/README
Well, OK, it's part of the missing link. Like all good little Picasso users
I've still got rpm-2.0.11-1 as the only one on my system. Now I want to
upgrade rpm on my Picasso system now so I can get security fixes such as
the one announced today. Like others I'm temporarily deferring buying
Colgate.
The referenced README says:
NOTE: If you are upgrading to RPM 2.2 from RPM 2.0.x, you must first upgrade
to RPM 2.1.2, which can be found in the rpm-2.1.x directory.
OK. So what does that mean?? Is simply getting and unpacking
rpm-2.1.2-1.i386.cpio.gz followed immediately by getting and unpacking
rpm-2.2.7-1.i386.cpio.gz sufficient? Or am I supposed to get
rpm-2.1.2-1.i386.rpm, use my existing rpm to install that, then use that to
install rpm-2.2.7-1.i386.rpm ?
I presume you had to change the rpm database format to add dependencies.
Terrific, dependencies are a Good Thing. But what *exactly* do I need to do
to my Red Hat Linux 3.0.3 for Intel system to keep from rendering my rpm
"database" useless.
It's clear that there IS an upgrade path... I just want a map of all the
intermediate stops and what fork to take at each.
Hal DeVore (hdevore@bmc.com)
--
PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, HOWTO and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES!
________________________________________________________________________
http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-HOWTO
http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-Tips http://www.redhat.com/mailing-lists
------------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe: mail -s unsubscribe redhat-list-request@redhat.com < /dev/null
