Actually, I have the same problem, and running from the command line does *not* solve it... Richard -Gilligan- Uschold wrote: > > Piero Caracciolo wrote: > > > The problem I'm submitting to the competent and kind mandrake > > community > > seems to have been fairly common fìof late. > > May be somedy who solved it can help me. > > > > I have Mandrake 7.0 and Rpm 3.03-43mdk. > > A few days ago I attempted to install a new package using Rpm -i, > > and got > > the answer: > > > > "Only packages witn major numbers <=3 are supported by this > > version of Rpm". > > > > I then tried to install a more recent version of Rpm (version 4.02) > > and > > which has been my surprise when I got the same answer. > > > > How did you solve this problem? Richard -Gilligan- Uschold seems to > > have > > found a solution, but may-be He could give me a more detailed > > explanation. > > Did he upgrade first from 3.03 to 3.04, then 3.05, and so on, until > > version > > 4? And what he mens whe he says he rebuilded the database at every > > step? > > > > Is'nt there a quicker and more human way to do it? > > > > Thank you very much, anyway. > > > > By the way, do you know what a major number is in the Rpm context? > > Near as I can tell, the above a problem and the one below, are caused > by kpackage, and are not caused by rpm. These errors do not exist > when running rpm from the command line. > > dependency errors; > rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1rint11 > rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1 > > I have kpackage-1.3.10-1mdk, the latest available for KDE 1.1.x I get > these same errors with all versions of rpm between 3.0.3-43mdk and > 3.0.5-17mdk. I tried it as I upgraded one at a time. I've only tried > rpm-3.0.5-27mdk from the command line, though, I suspect the other > versions won't show the problem either. > > Perhaps other GUI package managers don't have this problem. I tried > several others, but they failed for other reasons, and I haven't > bothered looking into that. > > While I didn't actually solve the problem, I have isolated it and I > have a solid workaround. > > I know, runing rpm from the command line is a bit harder, but it > works! > > -- > > Gilligan | __o .oooO > /| _ \<,_ ( ) > /p|\ (_)/ (_) \ ( Oooo. > / | \ ------------ \_) ( ) > ======== ) / > ======== [EMAIL PROTECTED] (_/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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