[ale] rpm that isn't

[Jeremy T. Bouse]

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On Sat, 6 Jun 1998, jim wrote:

> Date: Sat, 06 Jun 1998 23:28:32 +0000
> From: jim <rebus at mindspring.com>
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at cc.gatech.edu>
> Subject: [ale] rpm that isn't
> 
> Since I had no luck at all with the Real Player I got from real.com, I
> decided to try the latest updated rpm for it from the Red Hat ftp site.
> It had the .rpm suffix, followed by .rhmask-5 (I assume for Red Hat
> 5.0). But rpm tells me this is not an rpm file and won't install it. If
> I remove .rhmask-5, the response is the same. It IS supposed to load,
> isn't it?
> 
	The .rhmask file suffix is to denote a file that uses RedHat's
form of a diff patch for RPM distributions... In order to use the rhmask
file you have to already have a version of the RPM install'd or on your
system somewhere... Other than that I don't have any other info on how to
deal with that other than I know you won't be able to just use the rpm
command on it...
	Sincerely,
	Jeremy T. Bouse
	System Administrator
	SouthNet TeleComm Services, Inc.

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