--- Tony Alfrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi gang! > An rpm newbie question: can somebody tell me what this message means > when I try to use rpm (version 3.0.3.0) on a package: > > [root@noname /root]# rpm -i --test quasar-1.0-18.i386.rpm > only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by > this version of RPM > error: quasar-1.0-18.i386.rpm cannot be installed > > I thought "major" numbers had to do with device drivers. > Thanks in advance!
x.y.z x = major version # y = minor version # z = patch # As for the problem, you've got an RPM built for RPM v4.x. You need to upgrade rpm to version 3.0.6. See the SxS for instructions. ===== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step help: http://netllama.ipfox.com . __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
