Problems compiling latest unstable

[Conrad Canterford]

Richard -Gilligan- Uschold wrote:
> rpm error message:
> "only packages with major numbers <=3 are supported by this version of
> RPM"
> 
> 
> Can't install these:
...
> Because of dependencies:
>    rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
>    rpmlib(CompressedFileNames)    <= 3.0.4-1

Install rpm version 3.0.5 or 3.0.6 from rpmfind. These versions are able
to read the rpm 4 format. 3.0.6 has been reported to have additional
dependencies, but I've not tried it. 3.0.5 works for me on all my RH6.n
machines. I have never seen the later two messages, but believe they
will go away with the upgrade.

I'm not sure (but fairly certain) there is a mandrake specific version.

Conrad.
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