The Red Hat Package Manager has reached version 3.0.
As posted to the rpm-list:
Jeff Johnson (jbj@JBJ.ORG)
Tue, 20 Apr 1999 12:17:10 -0400 (EDT)
The final (first?:-) release of rpm 3.0 is now available at
ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/dist/rpm-3.0.x/rpm-3.0-*
The release numbers (4.2, 5.2, 6.0) indicate the version of Red Hat
Linux for which the package has been built.
This version is also available through anonymous cvs:
cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.rpm.org:/cvs/devel login
(no password, just carriage return)
cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.rpm.org:/cvs/devel get rpm
cd rpm
This version is identical to that which will be on Red Hat 6.0.
If you do install rpm-3.0 on a system that uses/used rpm-2.5.x, you
will have to do
rpm --rebuilddb
because the database format has changed. You will also have to do
rpm --rebuilddb if/when you go back to rpm-2.5.x.
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Here are 2 FAQ for experienced users of rpm:
1) --rcfile works differently.
Old way: rpm --rcfile whatever
New way: rpm --rcfile /usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc:whatever
2) topdir (and other rpmrc configurables) work differently.
Old way:
~/.rpmrc contains
topdir: whatever
New way:
/usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc contains
macrofiles: /usr/lib/rpm/macros: ... :~/.rpmmacros
~/.rpmmacros contains
%_topdir whatever
73 de Jeff
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Jeff Johnson ARS N3NPQ
jbj@jbj.org (jbj@redhat.com)
Chapel Hill, NC