>
> > On Fri, 01 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> > > >
> > > > If RHI isn't using RPM 4, I sure wouldn't;-)
> > > >
> > >
> > > So what would be your choice, if you were creating your own
> > > distribution? Should I go with RPM 3.05?
> >
> > Go with RPM 4. Many of the new packages RPM 3.05 will *not* be able to handl
> > e
> > merely based on the version numbers! For example, for some reason, I couldn'
> > t
> > get the XF86 RPM to install unless i had RPM 4, because 3.05 whined and said
> > "Can't install packages with version numbers >= 3..." (I guess I can do a
> > force, but I really hate that...)
>
> 3.0.5 is supposed to handle those; the problem I had with two versions is they
> can't find the files for some rpms when building them.
>
> That's why I suggest 3.0.4. Using rpm 4 on RHL 6.2 just adds one more
> certainty when something breaks.
>
>
The problem is that rpm 3.0.5 adds a macro who is run at end of the
%install phase. That macro invokes the script brp-compress so man
pages and info pages are automatically compressed. And that means that
since in your %files section man pages are listed with names for
uncompressed files then files are not found
--
Jean Francois Martinez
Project Independence: Linux for the Masses
http://www.independence.seul.org
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