I rebuilt the database and still got the same error message.
I did find the same rpm on the 7.1 CD and it installed fine.
Could I be getting corrupt downloads from cooker?
on 8/8/00 4:03 PM, Greg Stewart wrote:
> do you have an existing version of the rpm installed already?
> try: rpm -q mirrordir to see if it's there, if so, try:
> rpm -Uvh [newer version of mirrordir-0.10.44-3mdk.i586.rpm]
>
> rpm doesn't like to install things that are already there, am sometimes
> doesn' give the correct answer when it runs into trouble.
>
> you may need to try rebuilding the database and try again...
> rpm --rebuilddb
>
> --Greg
>
>> rpm won't let me install an rpm I got from cooker:
>>
>> # rpm -ivh mirrordir-0.10.44-3mdk.i586.rpm
>> only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this version of RPM
>> error: mirrordir-0.10.44-3mdk.i586.rpm cannot be installed
>>
>> I then downloaded a newer version of rpm but I got the same error message
>> when I tried it upgrade that!
>>
>> how do I fix this?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Gavin
