Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263418AbTENDWZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 May 2003 23:22:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263493AbTENDWZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 May 2003 23:22:25 -0400 Received: from ip68-4-255-84.oc.oc.cox.net ([68.4.255.84]:3815 "EHLO ip68-101-124-193.oc.oc.cox.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263418AbTENDWW (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 May 2003 23:22:22 -0400 Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 20:35:09 -0700 From: "Barry K. Nathan" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Fwd: rpm-4.2, rpm-4.1.1, rpm-4.0.5, librpm404-4.0.5 release (finally) Message-ID: <20030514033509.GB30447@ip68-101-124-193.oc.oc.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 4371 Lines: 113 Since there have been some posts recently about the RPM/O_DIRECT stuff, I think this announcement might be relevant... Normally I would just post a URL to the announcement, but the list archive is only available to members of the list. -Barry K. Nathan ----- Forwarded message from Jeff Johnson ----- X-Original-To: barryn@localhost Delivered-To: barryn@localhost.oc.oc.cox.net From: Jeff Johnson To: rpm-list@redhat.com Subject: rpm-4.2, rpm-4.1.1, rpm-4.0.5, librpm404-4.0.5 release (finally) User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i X-Loop: rpm-list@redhat.com Errors-To: rpm-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: rpm-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rpm-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: RPM Package Manager List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 19:03:21 -0400 Rpm 4.2 (for Red Hat 9) is now available at ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/dist/rpm-4.2.x Rpm-4.1.1 (for Red Hat 8.0) is now available at ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/dist/rpm-4.1.x Rpm-4.0.5 (for Red Hat 7.3) is now available at ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/dist/rpm-4.0.x librpm404-4.0.5 (for Red Hat 8.0) is also available at ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/dist/librpm404 Note carefully that all these packages are signed with my key, not with Red Hat's RPM-GPG-KEY, so you will also need to download and import the JBJ-GPG-KEY file located in all the directories mentioned above. These version(s) are available through anonymous cvs: cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.rpm.org:/cvs/devel login (no password, just carriage return) cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.rpm.org:/cvs/devel get rpm cd rpm on the appropriate rpm-4_2, rpm-4_1, rpm-4_0 banches. Please report any difficulties, problems, issues, feature requests, whatever at http://bugzilla.redhat.com See the changelogs, or the file CHANGES, for details of the changes. This is a lot of packages on a lot of platforms to be releasing simultaneously, so here's some notes about how to choose the appropriate version for your needs. Note carefully that the choice is not as simple as Choose the latest available version The first, and most important, criteria is If you are not running a NPTL aware kernel/glibc combination, then use rpm-4.1.1, not rpm-4.2. "NPTL" basically means that you are using Red Hat 9, or have the Red Hat 9 kernel/glibc packages installed. Both rpm-4.2 and rpm-4.1.1 are from the same code base, but have been compiled differently. The other important criteria is If you are not interested in forward compatibility of rpm on Red Hat 7.3 (and almost nobody is), then you don't need to install rpm-4.0.5. The issue is that db-4.1.25 is backward compatible with db-4.0.14, but db-4.0.14 is not forward compatible with db-4.1.25. So, to provide forward compatibility, I've backported db-4.1.25 underneath rpm-4.0.4. There are no other interesting or useful changes from rpm-4.0.4, as this is basically end-of-development-life for rpm-4.0.x, no further development is anticiapted. The same forward compatibility issue applies to librpm404-4.0.5. This basically means that If you upgrade a Red Hat 8.0 box to rpm-4.1.1, then you should also upgrade to librpm404-4.0.5. This is particularly important if you are using, redcarpet or yum. Feel free to ask here on rpm-list if there are problems and/or issues. There's always something, and this time for sure. 73 de Jeff -- Jeff Johnson ARS N3NPQ jbj@redhat.com (jbj@jbj.org) Chapel Hill, NC _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list ----- End forwarded message ----- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/