Epoch fail!

[Kaleb]

I'm trying to upgrade my TinyMe Alphas and I get this error:

error: drakconf-12.19.2-4 requires rpmlib(DistEpoch) <= 5.4.7-1

error: drakconf-icons-12.19.2-4 requires rpmlib(DistEpoch) <= 5.4.7-1

I'm guessing the drakconf packages were built against something in testing?

[freedomrun]

do "smart update && smart upgrade --download -y" to just download the
upgrades without installing

then go to: "cd /var/lib/smart/packages" where the download packages
are located

then still try to be polite to your system with: "smart install rpm"

after that things should go smooth.

if "smart install rpm" fail for some reason do: "rpm -ivh rpm*
librpm5* --force --nodeps" of course for 64bit sys you need "rpm -ivh
rpm* lib64rpm5* --force --nodeps"

that should do it

Best regards

[OnlyHuman]

Think I was told to install rpm and librpm first, possibly rpmlint too
then reboot and it should be ok

(you may well find updating or upgrading will mean you can no longer
make good working remasters)

[Kaleb]

Okay, I manually upgraded librpm and rpm, but I'm still getting the same error.

One thing I noticed is that the drak tools call for rpm less than or equal to 5.4.7-1. Might that be a typo? Shouldn't it be rpm greater than or equal to 5.4.7-1? The version is correct, but the RPM package is at %{release} 7.

[freedomrun]

please post your ls output from /var/lib/smart/packages dir

[Kaleb]

drakconf-12.19.2-4-unity2012.0.noarch.rpm

drakconf-icons-12.19.2-4-unity2012.0.noarch.rpm

drakx-finish-install-13.52-5.1-unity2012.0.x86_64.rpm

drakxtools-13.52-5.1-unity2012.0.x86_64.rpm

drakxtools-backend-13.52-5.1-unity2012.0.x86_64.rpm

drakxtools-curses-13.52-5.1-unity2012.0.x86_64.rpm

harddrake-13.52-5.1-unity2012.0.x86_64.rpm

harddrake-ui-13.52-5.1-unity2012.0.x86_64.rpm

lib64kmod2-5-2-mdv2012.0.x86_64.rpm

lib64ldetect0.12-0.12.1-1-unity2012.0.x86_64.rpm

lib64parted2-3.1-1-mdv2012.0.x86_64.rpm

[freedomrun]

I would do rpm -ivh *.* --force --nodeps on that

[Kaleb]

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 10:21 PM, freedomrun <freed...@unity-linux.org> wrote:

I would do rpm -ivh *.* --force --nodeps on that

I think I'm asking for trouble if I do that. This is the install I officially ship as TinyMe. I'd really rather not use brute force on anything if I can avoid it.

[Robert Xu]

And this is why DistEpoch is a PITA.

--
later daze. :: Robert Xu :: protocol.by/rxu