"Prasanth A. Kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Jens-Ulrik Petersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > Ok, I give in... this seems to be one of the better kept secrets in
> > distribution land, though I know it has been discussed here before.
> > 
> > How can I upgrade smoothly from rpm-3 to rpm-4 (without downloading an
> > iso cdrom image, and preferably without a reboot)?  The question might
> > have been where can one get a rpm-4 rpm in rpm-3 format.
> > 
> > If someone can give me or point me to an explanation I would really
> > appreciate it?  Is it explained in the src?
> > 
> > Thanks, Jens
> > 
> > ps An update to www.rpm.org would be nice...
> 
> RPM 3.0.5 understands RPM 4.x file format I think. It is available in
> their standard updates/bug fix directory.

Thanks for that valuable piece of information.  Great, now I can eat
rpm4's...

How about how to convert one's rpm DB to rpm4 format when one upgrades
to rpm-4?

Jens



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