RPM Compatibility from Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 to RHEL 5 and earlier
Issue
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL5) and earlier cannot install RPM packages built on RHEL6.
- Trying to install packages built on RHEL6 on an older RHEL release will give errors as follows:
# rpm -i testpkg-1.0-1.el6.x86_64.rpm error: Failed dependencies: rpmlib(FileDigests) <= 4.6.0-1 is needed by testpkg-1.0-1.el6.x86_64 rpmlib(PayloadIsXz) <= 5.2-1 is needed by testpkg-1.0-1.el6.x86_64 - Disabling the dependency checking (a bad idea!) will give more obscure errors:
# rpm -i --nodeps testpkg-1.0-1.el6.x86_64.rpm error: unpacking of archive failed: cpio: Bad magic # rpm -i --nodeps another-testpkg-1.0-2.el6.x86_64.rpm error: unpacking of archive failed on file /tmp/testpkg1.txt;4cb5bdd2: cpio: MD5 sum mismatch - Note: RHEL 6 can install packages built on RHEL 5 and older releases.
- How to create a package meant to be installed on a RHEL5 from a RHEL6 system
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 with rpm-4.4.x and earlier
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 with rpm-4.8.x
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