Re: RPMs forward compatibility between releases

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> "StanisÅ?aw T. Findeisen" wrote:
>
>> Is there any problem about using RPMs from newer Fedora releases in
>> older releases?
>
> Yes, in general there are problems using rpms from different
> distros/releases, not recommended.

If/when I need to do something like this, I download the src.rpm, instead,
and use rpmbuild to build it for the version I'm running.

This usually suffices until I am ready to perform a full upgrade.

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