On Jun 13, 2001, Henk Vandecasteele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I also tried to install rh7.1 amanda rpm on rh7.0 system.
> Changing the permission of /etc/amandates changes the
> behaviour, but I could never make it to work. Looks like
> the package is incompatible.
My understanding is that packages built for Red Hat Linux 7.1 use
features of glibc that are only enabled in the presence of a 2.4
kernel, so they won't work on Red Hat Linux 7. Note that the converse
is true: packages built on Red Hat Linux 7 will run on 7.1.
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