No, both Mandrake 7.1 and 7.2 use RPM 3. Cooker (which should soon
become Mandrake 8.0) is based on RPM 4.
On Mon, 19 Feb 2001 09:34, Paul Rodríguez wrote:
> I believe Mandrake 7.1 uses rpm 3.04, and Mandrake 7.2 uses rpm 4.
> Upgrading tends to be very difficult as far as destabalizing the
> system. But rpm 3.05 might work. Also, compiling from source is an
> option.
>
> -Paul R
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> KompuKit
> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 3:25 AM
> To: Linux-Mandrake
> Subject: [newbie] [Fwd: need mandrake RPMs]
>
>
> Below is an email I got in reply to a question...
>
> Is mandrake...version 4 or 3 of RPMs????????
> can someone tell me
>
> Andrew Meredith wrote:
> > KompuKit wrote:
> > > Hi...could you perhaps...make rpms for the Mandrake 7.2
> > > OS? it would be "version.mdk.i586.rpm"
> > >
> > > of your DVD sets
> > >
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > Have you tried to use the posted ones? The whole point of rpm is
> > that it is platform independant, so it matters not whether it is
> > Mandrake, Suse, Red Hat or whatever. The only difference I can see
> > is that these are version 4 rpms and I suspect that Mandrake uses
> > version 3 still. If this is the case, then you might like to
> > upgrade to version 4 of the rpm package. See
> > http://www.anvil.org/oms/rpm4/ for more details.
> >
> > Oh and the filename used is not really relevant, it is a naming
> > convention. It goes:
> >
> > <package>-<app version>-<package release>.<architecture>.rpm
> >
> > Sorry if this is a bit .. erm .. brief and to the point, but I am
> > about to step out of the door and I wanted to get you a response
> > before I left.
> >
> > Hope this helps
> >
> > Andrew Meredith
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