[981] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Newer version of rpm?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Erik Troan)
Fri Oct 25 17:05:30 1996
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 15:34:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
To: "Hal L. DeVore Jr." <hdevore@crow.bmc.com>
cc: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <199610251931.OAA00901@erehwon.bmc.com>
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On Fri, 25 Oct 1996, Hal L. DeVore Jr. wrote:
> 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 ?
Well, any of these will actually work. We suggest the later though:
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.
Nothing, you'll just need to use --nodeps when you install new packages
until you get a bunch of dependency aware packages installed (like the
new libc).
Erik
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