Re: [cobalt-developers] rpms

["Gerald Waugh" <gerald@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Road Runner" <rshepard@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote

> i am trying to install a "postfix" rpm
> (postfix-20010228_pl03release-7rh6x.i386.rpm). This is supposed to be a
<snip>
> i get the following error message:
> 
> rpm -Uvh /etc/postfix-20010228_pl03release-7rh6x.i386.rpm
> only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this version of RPM
> error: postfix-20010228_pl03release-7rh6x.i386.rpm cannot be installed
> 
> is there another version of the rpm program that will work ?
> 
Check your version of rpm, my raq4's have the following
which is not <= 3
[admin admin]$ rpm --version
RPM version 3.0.5
You need to find a version of postfix rpm using the newer rpm
Or use the postfix source and compile it. And then you will
have to use a tarball of the source NOT an rpm.
Gerald