RPM question (old linux version)

[gene smith]

I see that the tool RPMs are in a directory contain rh7.3 in its path, 
i.e. ftp.rtems.com/pub/rtems/linux/redhat/7.3/i386/rpms/rtems-4.6/
I think this just means that the rpm's were build with verion 7.3. I 
have seen they work with fc2 version. However, can I expect them to work 
with a really old version, e.g., rh 6.1? When I try to install I get a 
dependency error:

[root at 96J076 archive]# rpm -iv 
rtems-4.6-rtems-base-gcc-gcc3.2.3newlib1.11.0-4.i386.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
         rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1 is needed by 
rtems-4.6-rtems-base-gcc-gcc3.2.3newlib1.11.0-4
         rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1 is needed by 
rtems-4.6-rtems-base-gcc-gcc3.2.3newlib1.11.0-4

-gene