Hi Carsten,
try this:
1. install package rpm-3.0.5 from last rh-6.2 updates
2. then install package rpm-4.0.4
this may will be OK, because rpm-3.0.5 know rpm-4 packages format.
Try read this, but I'm afraid you will not understand:
http://www.linux.cz/lists/archive/linux/101281.html
good luck
Dave
> Please Ralf, could you help me here.
> I did the same as Pete describe below, and I got the same result.
> When I tried "rpm --rebuilddb" it fails because it couldn't find some
> libraries.
> The rpm-tarball contains a statically linked rpm binary, but rpmdb is
> dynamically
> linked, could you please provide me with a statically linked rpmdb binary,
> that would
> be great.
> > > Did you managed to get through the installation of the RedHat 7.0
> > > packages ?
> > > I would like to do something similar.
> > > > > > > Has anyone tried installing 7.0 that's on oss.sgi.com? The
> > > > > > > problem I'm
> > > > > > > running into is that after I netboot and mount simple-0.2b as the
> > > > > > > root
> > > > > > > fs, and install the rpm-4.0 tarball, rpm doesn't work with the
> > > > > > > libraries, or lack of, of that root fs. It looks like I need an
> > > > > > > fs with
> > > > > > > a working rpm-4.0, so that I can mount my second disk somewhere
> > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > install the 7.0 packages. Any suggestions?
> > > > > > Yes,
> > > > > > If you download rpm-3.0 (I'm not sure, try get newer version)
> > > > > > you'll should
> > > > > > be able to work with rpm 4 packages.
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