Actually you have to install 3.0.5-9 first, it will allow you to install 4.0
I did have the same problem.
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Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 1:25 PM
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Subject: Re: [Cooker] Problems upgrading to rpm 4.0
On Tue, 24 Oct 2000 16:06:37 +0400
prosa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> By upgrading to rpm 4.0 I noted the old database was unavailable. The
> problem happened as rpm initializes the base instead of rebuilding it.
> Besides, after this one cannot rebuild the old database while the new
> one remains in /var/lib/rpm. So one needs to remove the new database
> files (nfl: keep the *.rpm's in place! They ARE the old database) and
> only then start rpm --rebuild. For a newbye this may be not so evident
> or clear. And he will get the painful path of fighting missing
> dependencies of packages that in fact are in their places. Sincerly such
> situation turns rpm into a completely useless tool, so think that this
> should be corrected as soon as possible.
>
> Ektanoor
>
>
Some months ago I have compiled and installed RPM 4 downloaded from RedHat.
Same problem.
Also downloading new and updated versions of rpm 4 does not solve this
problem
At the end my conclusion is that rpm 4 is not compatible with any previous
release.
I'm wrong?
Bye
Alessandro
