On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 09:16:38AM -0500, Net Llama! wrote: > On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Jeff Johnson wrote: > > > > > > I'd be happy to, but the box in question has been running rpm-3.0.6, > > > and i read somewhere (that i can't find now) that the rpm DB from > > > rpm-3.x isn't compatible with rpm-4.x. So, i fear losing my DB if i > > > upgrade. If this is not true, i'll gladly jump to 4.x. > > > > > Tar up /var/lib/rpm and upgrade to rpm-4.0.5, and convert from db1 -> > > db3 is my suggestion. > > Is this as simple as running: > rpm --rebuilddb > > after upgrading to rpm-4.x ? Yup. Save tarball of /var/lib/rpm first. 73 de Jeff -- Jeff Johnson ARS N3NPQ jbj@xxxxxxxxxx (jbj@xxxxxxx) Chapel Hill, NC _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
