Re: [Cooker] Lilo RPM small problem

[peterp]

To remove multiple packages (i.e. after a script failure)
rpm -e --allmatches



                                                                                       
                                    
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On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Guillaume Rousse wrote:

> I upgraded everything i could this week-end (i love bleeding-edge !) and
> i'm rather surprised everything seems to be ok for the moment...

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> -how to remove double identical entries in rpm database ?
> [root@agathe RPMS]# rpm -e lilo-0.21.6-5mdk
> error: "lilo-0.21.6-5mdk" specifies multiple packages

This denotes a bigger problem.

It is possible for the RPM database to get into a state that is no longer
very functional and is not easily fixable.

This is something that needs to be looked into and coordinated with the
RPM development team.  (I have been hit by it as well.)

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