"J . A . Magallon" wrote:
>
> On 02.02 Lou Baccari wrote:
> > vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
> > only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this version of
> > RPM
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > error: xfig-3.2.3c-3.i386.rpm cannot be installed
>
> rpm package is version 4.
> rpm-3.0.4 can not deal with v4 packages, 3.0.5 can.
>
> If you do not want to go to rpm-4, at least you must upgrade to 3.0.5.
>
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> Linux werewolf 2.4.1-ac1 #2 SMP Fri Feb 2 00:19:04 CET 2001 i686
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Correction, the package that he is trying to install is rpm3 or less
while his package manager is rpm 4. That particular package would only
unpackage with a package manager of rpm 3.0.5 or less. I recommend
getting the source for that package and compiling it that way.
Cheers,
-- Al
