Re: [tbox-l] rpm 4

[Marc S. <ma...@au...>]

Way back when the Toolbox was being launched, rpm-4 was just on the verge of 
coming out.  When it finally did come out, it had the unfortunate side-effect
of having an incompatible database format, and the migration path between
-3 and -4 was not smooth (there were several reports of lost data in the 
transition).  Hence, we decided to stick with -3.0.6 because it
was spec file compatible with -4 (3.0.4 was not as I recall) and some of 
the major design points behind rpm-4 in terms of overall system management
weren't key on AIX as an adjunct, as opposed to primary, installation system.

It's been a long time now, so maybe it's time to look at upgrading, but 
as with other proposed additions, the processes can take a good bit of time
to get going.

Marc

> 
> Is there any chance of getting rpm-4.x in the toolbox?
> 
> This would help with stuff like yum or apt-rpm.
> 
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