Re: Install new package problem in linux [HELP]

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From: Andrew J Cosgriff
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 00:00

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"ms" == Michael Stillwell <mist@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au> writes:

: : 	My linux is RedHat 3.0.3, Kernel is 2.0.0
: 
: This looks like you have a too old version of rpm. The old versions were
: rather dodgy, and tended to segfault if given an rpm in a newer format.
: You'll have to upgrade rpm, which could be tricky, since the current
: versions will probably be in rpms unreadable by your current version. You
: might be able to get there by going through several intermediate versions.
: These may be available on ftp.redhat.com.

You can get rpm source as a .tar.gz file, I seem to remember...from
ftp.redhat.com.

ms> You probably want the *bin.rpms---*src.rpm is the source.

that too.

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Subject: Re: Install new package problem in linux [HELP]
Date: 1997/04/23
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