Re: [tbox-l] rpm installer and gcc4.2.0 rpm package.

[<mcn...@au...>]

There are a small number of RPM packages on the AIX Toolbox
that are tied to individual AIX releases.  The gcc package is
one of those.

To me it sounds like John is attempting to install
gcc-4.2.0-3.aix6.1.ppc.rpm (which is the AIX 6.1 version)
onto an older version of AIX.

There is also an AIX 5.3 versions of gcc available.

Any updates for older versions of AIX were discontinued
a while back, but the old RPMs can still be found on the
ftp site.

Dan


> 
> /usr/sbin/updtvpkg is the command.  However, I suspect that the
> particular AIX machine is at an older AIX release (e.g 5.3.x.x) and
> hence, at an older AIX-rpm.  Any upgrade of this virtual RPM package
> should come from upgrading the whole OS to AIX 6.1.
> 
> ==Pythagoras Watson, LLNL HPC Systems Administrator
> 
> On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 01:48:48PM -0800, Brian Likosar wrote:
> :That's a "pseudo" RPM that gets created when you install rpm.rte.  I
> :can't recall the name of the command to create it/update it manually,
> :but it might be worth upgrading your rpm.rte to get it to run
> :again. -Brian
> :
> :From: John C Vanhoozer <joh...@us...>
> :To: aix...@li...
> :Sent: Wed, March 3, 2010 3:02:21 PM
> :Subject: [tbox-l] rpm installer and gcc4.2.0 rpm package.
> :
> :When installing gcc 4.2.0 from the web site, I get the following message:
> :
> :error: failed dependencies:
> :AIX-rpm >= 6.1.0.0 is needed by gcc-4.2.0-3
> :I can find neither hide nor hair of anything rpm with that version number.  What gives?