[lug] Upgrading RPM 3 to 4

D. Stimits stimits at idcomm.com
Sun Apr 15 13:14:08 MDT 2001 

I'm pasting a fairly long email sent out by Redhat for one of the lists
I subscribe to. A version of rpm that works with both generations of rpm
files is now out. The 4.0.2-6x does work on RH 6.2, while the 4.0.2-7x
works on RH 7.0 (see below). There are a couple of other packages that
do better if updated as well, available at ftp://updates.redhat.com/
under the relevant distribution version. The
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla site also shows some information on
what packages work better after update of the rpm package; I don't
recall which ones, but I don't think they were critical updates (no
doubt something will be critical to someone).

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com

SoloCDM wrote:
> 
> Does anyone have ideas how to go from RPM version 3.x to 4.x,
> because RPM version 3.x won't install version 4.x?  Also, what
> files are necessary to completely upgrade?
> 
> Note: When you reply to this message, please include the mailing
>       list/newsgroup address in Cc: and my email address in To:.
> 
> *********************************************************************
> Signed,
> SoloCDM


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                   Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat Enhancement Advisory

Synopsis:          rpm-4.0.2 for all Red Hat platforms and releases.
Advisory ID:       RHEA-2001:016-04
Issue date:        2001-02-19
Updated on:        2001-03-21
Product:           Red Hat Linux
Keywords:          rpm
Cross references:  
Obsoletes:         
---------------------------------------------------------------------

1. Topic:

[ Correction for the previously released errata for rpm, which should
have
been an Enhancement, not a security, errata]

A common version of rpm for all Red Hat distributions is being released.
This version of rpm understands legacy version 3 packaging used in Red
Hat 6.x/5.x distributions as well as version 4 packaging used in Red Hat
7.x.
In addition, rpm-4.0.2 has support for both the legacy db1 format used
in
Red Hat 6.x/5.x databases as well as support for the db3 format database
used in Red Hat 7.x

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Linux 5.2 - alpha, i386, sparc

Red Hat Linux 6.2 - alpha, i386, sparc

Red Hat Linux 7.0 - alpha, i386

3. Problem description:

Several potential problems

1) Red Hat 6.x/5.x users will need to install the db3 packages from
    RHEA-2001:015-09.

2) Red Hat 5.x users should note that the default compiler flags in rpm
    have changed, and are not compatible with the gcc originally shipped
    with Red Hat 5.2. Use egcs as a compiler instead.

3) Red Hat 6.x/5.x users should convert from db1 to db3 format dtabases
at
    your earliest convience. This can be done by running, as root, the
    command
        rpm --rebuilddb
    Support for legacy db1 format rpm databases will be removed in the
next
    release of rpm.

4) All platforms: If you chose to install rpm-4.0.2, and then go back to
a
    previous version of rpm, then you will experience segfaults due to
an
    incompatible change in headers in the database. The problem is in
    legacy versions of rpm going back to rpm-3.0, and is both caused and
    fixed by rpm-4.0.2. This incompatibility also applies to any/all
    applications that are statically linked against rpm libraries which
    should either be upgraded or recompiled to use rpm-4.0.2 libraries.
    Applications that use shared libraries should not be affected by
this
    problem.

5) All platforms: rpm-4.0.2 will fail to install if you have both db1
and
    db3 rpm databases in /var/lib/rpm. If the packages do not install,
    please check the directory /var/lib/rpm for the files "packages.rpm"
    (the db1 format headers) and "Packages" (the db3 format headers)
    and rename/remove the older or smaller of the two files in order to 
    upgrade.

4. Solution:

To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh <filenames>

where <filenames> is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade.  Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated.  Those RPMs which
are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated.  Note that
you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directly *only* contains
the
desired RPMs.

Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. 
Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates.  To use Red Hat
Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the
appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla for more info):



6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Linux 5.2:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/SRPMS/rpm-4.0.2-5x.src.rpm

alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/rpm-4.0.2-5x.alpha.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/rpm-devel-4.0.2-5x.alpha.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/rpm-build-4.0.2-5x.alpha.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/popt-1.6.2-5x.alpha.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/rpm-4.0.2-5x.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/rpm-devel-4.0.2-5x.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/rpm-build-4.0.2-5x.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/popt-1.6.2-5x.i386.rpm

sparc:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/sparc/rpm-4.0.2-5x.sparc.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/sparc/rpm-devel-4.0.2-5x.sparc.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/sparc/rpm-build-4.0.2-5x.sparc.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/sparc/popt-1.6.2-5x.sparc.rpm

Red Hat Linux 6.2:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/SRPMS/rpm-4.0.2-6x.src.rpm

alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/alpha/rpm-4.0.2-6x.alpha.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/alpha/rpm-devel-4.0.2-6x.alpha.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/alpha/rpm-build-4.0.2-6x.alpha.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/alpha/popt-1.6.2-6x.alpha.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/i386/rpm-4.0.2-6x.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/i386/rpm-devel-4.0.2-6x.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/i386/rpm-build-4.0.2-6x.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/i386/popt-1.6.2-6x.i386.rpm

sparc:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/sparc/rpm-4.0.2-6x.sparc.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/sparc/rpm-devel-4.0.2-6x.sparc.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/sparc/rpm-build-4.0.2-6x.sparc.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/sparc/popt-1.6.2-6x.sparc.rpm

Red Hat Linux 7.0:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/SRPMS/rpm-4.0.2-7x.src.rpm

alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/alpha/rpm-4.0.2-7x.alpha.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/alpha/rpm-devel-4.0.2-7x.alpha.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/alpha/rpm-build-4.0.2-7x.alpha.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/alpha/rpm-python-4.0.2-7x.alpha.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/alpha/popt-1.6.2-7x.alpha.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/i386/rpm-4.0.2-7x.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/i386/rpm-devel-4.0.2-7x.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/i386/rpm-build-4.0.2-7x.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/i386/rpm-python-4.0.2-7x.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/i386/popt-1.6.2-7x.i386.rpm



7. Verification:

MD5 sum                           Package Name
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
64691330604ed8c0c5eedde76c2fb184  5.2/SRPMS/rpm-4.0.2-5x.src.rpm
0fba7783b2ed9960d3f57293750238bb  5.2/alpha/popt-1.6.2-5x.alpha.rpm
7aaf74071671d996f6b2ceba5783fa2c  5.2/alpha/rpm-4.0.2-5x.alpha.rpm
ebb5e6ae5892486c8d8a369810cbac71  5.2/alpha/rpm-build-4.0.2-5x.alpha.rpm
fcb56dbdde9859afb8ba607f77ed2064  5.2/alpha/rpm-devel-4.0.2-5x.alpha.rpm
d455f9ec99ecb93835fd2b0c38aff58b  5.2/i386/popt-1.6.2-5x.i386.rpm
eddf2ff8b7cbb1badf0ea5f581e4ff0d  5.2/i386/rpm-4.0.2-5x.i386.rpm
679eaacbc1e225a6797fb0088d745f92  5.2/i386/rpm-build-4.0.2-5x.i386.rpm
8c179f743ebc3a79c76a55dea9584f95  5.2/i386/rpm-devel-4.0.2-5x.i386.rpm
797daa74f557647f3a8da87c0f49eaa7  5.2/sparc/popt-1.6.2-5x.sparc.rpm
b2f031ee0041739dc7ee6d4e6817076a  5.2/sparc/rpm-4.0.2-5x.sparc.rpm
fb20a02cfe1238ad4801ce71222edfd8  5.2/sparc/rpm-build-4.0.2-5x.sparc.rpm
74cb51bb776849459f26ad43378a6286  5.2/sparc/rpm-devel-4.0.2-5x.sparc.rpm
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 6.2/SRPMS/rpm-4.0.2-6x.src.rpm
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 6.2/alpha/popt-1.6.2-6x.alpha.rpm
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 6.2/alpha/rpm-4.0.2-6x.alpha.rpm
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 6.2/alpha/rpm-build-4.0.2-6x.alpha.rpm
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 6.2/alpha/rpm-devel-4.0.2-6x.alpha.rpm
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 6.2/i386/popt-1.6.2-6x.i386.rpm
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 6.2/i386/rpm-4.0.2-6x.i386.rpm
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 6.2/i386/rpm-build-4.0.2-6x.i386.rpm
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 6.2/i386/rpm-devel-4.0.2-6x.i386.rpm
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 6.2/sparc/popt-1.6.2-6x.sparc.rpm
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 6.2/sparc/rpm-4.0.2-6x.sparc.rpm
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 6.2/sparc/rpm-build-4.0.2-6x.sparc.rpm
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 6.2/sparc/rpm-devel-4.0.2-6x.sparc.rpm
7af51ac96d8f0f18e139140cfceea9aa  7.0/SRPMS/rpm-4.0.2-7x.src.rpm
a4236ea3635f4325fa3149986cd4a14f  7.0/alpha/popt-1.6.2-7x.alpha.rpm
fa9e0fa03a627f498f07301465ac27dd  7.0/alpha/rpm-4.0.2-7x.alpha.rpm
40e1b82d88a8ad19f98d217e47ef1bf5  7.0/alpha/rpm-build-4.0.2-7x.alpha.rpm
ce4c54eeb33c7c5d0d30767d1d91e7cb  7.0/alpha/rpm-devel-4.0.2-7x.alpha.rpm
447da8566447b4c9115631d9ee7b705a 
7.0/alpha/rpm-python-4.0.2-7x.alpha.rpm
e259bf0ba9b4ae2ba85d5f6517df7333  7.0/i386/popt-1.6.2-7x.i386.rpm
998f0871de8bb93af136aba676b9bf48  7.0/i386/rpm-4.0.2-7x.i386.rpm
bb12807e379c9ee46a3629f2e3271215  7.0/i386/rpm-build-4.0.2-7x.i386.rpm
4a96b1b9bfea3b071b19607d7364952f  7.0/i386/rpm-devel-4.0.2-7x.i386.rpm
5901bc8f18e7464b673a185227f95b41  7.0/i386/rpm-python-4.0.2-7x.i386.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security.  Our key
is available at:
    http://www.redhat.com/corp/contact.html

You can verify each package with the following command:
    rpm --checksig  <filename>

If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or
tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command:
    rpm --checksig --nogpg <filename>

8. References:




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