How to update from rpm 4.4 to rpm 5.0

[JD]

I found the 5.0 version of rpm at:
ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/dries.studentenweb.org/apt/fedora.risky/fc7/x86_64/RPMS.dries/rpm-5.0-0.2.0.fc7.rf.x86_64.rpm

Yeah.. says fedora.risky, so it is not official.
But I have to try and fix the problem I am having:

Using my existing fedora provided packages, I tried to
rpmbuild -bb ntfs-3g.spec  (for ntfs-3g-1.5130).
It always dies with memory fault after this:

+ /usr/lib/rpm/atrpms/python_burninversion.sh
+ /usr/lib/rpm/atrpms/brp-compress
+ /usr/lib/rpm/atrpms/brp-strip /usr/bin/strip
+ /usr/lib/rpm/atrpms/brp-strip-static-archive /usr/bin/strip
+ /usr/lib/rpm/atrpms/brp-strip-comment-note /usr/bin/strip /usr/bin/objdump
Processing files: ntfs-3g-1.5130-1.f7
Executing(%doc): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.10146
+ umask 022
+ cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD
+ cd ntfs-3g-1.5130
+ DOCDIR=/var/tmp/ntfs-3g-1.5130-1.f7-root-root/usr/share/doc/ntfs-3g-1.5130
+ export DOCDIR
+ rm -rf /var/tmp/ntfs-3g-1.5130-1.f7-root-root/usr/share/doc/ntfs-3g-1.5130
+ /bin/mkdir -p 
/var/tmp/ntfs-3g-1.5130-1.f7-root-root/usr/share/doc/ntfs-3g-1.5130
+ cp -pr AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING CREDITS NEWS README 
/var/tmp/ntfs-3g-1.5130-1.f7-root-root/usr/share/doc/ntfs-3g-1.5130
+ exit 0
/bin/sh: 17396: Memory fault

I posed the problem to the ntfs-3g users list, and they say
the problem is with my version of rpm, and not with the spec file,
nor with the resulting Makefiles.
So, that is why I thought I should try to update to rpm 5.0

By the way, even if I try to update via yum, and provide the binary rpms
of the rpm packages directly as args to yum, yum fails because of 
dependency issues.

-JD

Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:41:20 -0800
> JD <jd1008 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Dear list,
>> My current system has
>>
>> rpm-4.4.2.2-2
>> rpm-libs-4.4.2.2-2
>> rpm-python-4.4.2.2-2
>>
>> I want to update to
>>
>> rpm-perl-5.0-0.2.0
>> rpm-libs-5.0-0.2.0
>> rpm-build-5.0-0.2.0
>> rpm-5.0-0.2.0
>> rpm-python-5.0-0.2.0
>> The 5.0 builds are made for my version of fedora.
>>
>> How can I update to the new 5.0 stuff safely, so that
>> I am not left without an rpm tool.
>> The dependencies are so many, I am not sure how I can
>> update and not break the dependents.
>>     
>
> Where are you seeing these rpms? They are not provided by Fedora. 
>
> If it's rpm5, why not ask their support forums for help: 
> http://rpm5.org/community.php
>
> Or better yet, just stick with the Fedora provided packages. 
>
> kevin
>   
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