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List:       rpmorg-list
Subject:    Re: RPM upgrade from 3.0.5 to 4.0
From:       James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date:       2000-11-01 3:52:38
Message-ID: 39FF9386.A4F614D6 () acm ! org
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Curt Seeliger wrote:

> Folks,
>
> I'm having difficulties upgrading to RPM 4.0, which I need to do to
> upgrade XF86 and other goodies.  Judging by the amount of other people
> having related problems, I'd expect this to be in a FAQ somewhere, but
> I've not been able to find it if it exists.
>
> Starting from RPM 3.0.4 on a standard rh 6.2 machine, I installed
> rpm-3.0.5-9.6x.i386.rpm without a hitch.  But when I try to install 4.0
> I get the following errors:
>
> [sticta]# rpm -Uvh rpm-4.0-6x.i386.rpm
> error: failed dependencies:
>         rpm = 3.0.4 is needed by rpm-build-3.0.4-0.48
>         rpm = 3.0.4 is needed by rpm-devel-3.0.4-0.48
>
> So I downloaded rpm-build-3.0.5-9.6x.i386.rpm and
> rpm-devel-3.0.5-9.6x.i386.rpm.  The rpm-build install went fine, but
> the rpm-devel install gives me an odd and unhelpful error message:
>
> [sticta]# rpm -Uvh rpm-build-3.0.5-9.6x.i386.rpm
> rpm-build                   ###########...###
>
> [sticta]# rpm -Uvh rpm-devel-3.0.5-9.6x.i386.rpm
> error: rpm-devel-3.0.5-9.6x.i386.rpm cannot be installed
>
> [sticta]# rpm -Uvh rpm-4.0-6x.i386.rpm
> error: failed dependencies:
>         rpm = 3.0.4 is needed by rpm-devel-3.0.4-0.48
>         rpm = 3.0.5 is needed by rpm-build-3.0.5-9.6x
>
> It looks like upgrading rpm-build and rpm-devel may just leave me with
> slightly different error messages. Can anyone spare a clue about what's
> going on here?
>
> tia,
>
> cur
>
> --
> Curt Seeliger
> OAO Corporation
> 541/754-4638
> seeliger.curt@epa.gov

You need to install rpm and rpm-devel at the same time, at least that is
what I did.

You will have to upgrade a lot of other packages to install rpm 4.  You
should use GnoRPM.

JRT




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