On Sun, 04 Feb 2001, Rupert Heesom wrote:
> I'm running RH6.2, and RPM 3.0.5. I'm trying to upgrade the RPM
> database to RPM 4 so that I can handle the new RH7 RPMs. Supposedly an
> upgrade to RPM 4 is possible without upgrading the entire distro to RH7.
>
> I downloaded the RPMs for RPM 4: rpm-4.0-4.i386.rpm, and the devel rpm.
>
> When I tried to install these, I got dependancy issues: glibc 2.2, "db1
> 1.85" seemed to be the main extra modules needed.
>
> Now when I'm trying to install these modules, I have a whole lot more
> dependancy issues.....
>
> I'm wondering whether in fact I _can_ upgrade my RPM database without
> upgrading 1/2 my system?
>
FAQ: You can't run RPM4 under RH 6.x. RPM4 is for RedHat 7+
only. You can use RH7.x SOURCE rpms and recompile 'em, but
you can't use Binary RPMs from RH 7.
John
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