On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Michael Hannon wrote:
> Greetings. We're running Redhat linux 6.2 on a number of x86 systems
> around here. Somebody reported to me some difficulties with the handling
> of keyboard interrrupts (^C, ^Z) in the mail program, which is associated
> with the mailx RPM. The systems in question are all running
> mailx-8.1.1-16, which is the most-recent update I've been able to find at
> the Redhat FTP site.
>
> I thought that the problem might be solved in a later version of mailx, so
> I looked for an updated mailx package. It appears that version 8.1.1-20 is
> the current version, and that's what ships with Redhat 7.0.
>
> I downloaded the 8.1.1-20 source RPM from the Redhat 7 FTP site and built
> an RPM from it. I installed from that, and indeed, the problem seems to
> have been fixed in this version.
>
> That would be the happy ending to the story, except that we have a patched,
> online distribution of Redhat 6.2, and there is trouble with it. In
> particular, I put the newly created mailx-8.1.1-20.i386.rpm into:
>
> .../RedHat/RPMS
>
> and then attempted to update the package list for that distribution:
>
> [root@zzzz utils]# ./genhdlist /redhat/6.2
> only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this version of RPM
>
> I'm not sure what "major numbers" the message refers to, but I'm guessing
> that this may be related to our recent upgrade to rpm-4.0.2-6x on the
> system where we keep the distribution.
>
> This is not exactly a life-threatening issue, but it would be nice to be
> able to include the improved mailx in our distribution.
>
> I would welcome suggestions as to how to proceed here. (Yes, I suppose
> that waiting for Redhat 7.1 is one obvious choice.)
>
> Thanks.
>
> - Mike
> ==========
> Michael Hannon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Dept. of Physics 530.752.4966
> University of California 530.752.4717 FAX
> Davis, CA 95616-8677
>
>
The easyest fix would be if you recompiled the RPM on a machine with rpm
version 3, so the install program can understand the RPM format. If you
are realy brave, you could try upgrading genhdlist and the 6.2 installer
to use the later format rpmlib...
Mikkel
--
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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