Are you using the "stock" RPM included with 8.0?
-JMS
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Subject: Re: [expert] rpm errors
Jose M. Sanchez wrote:
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> When I query the rpm database or try to install some package I get
> this
> error:
> (Mandrake 8.0)
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> $ rpm -qa | grep gimp
> libgimp1.2_1-1.2.1-5mdk
> memory alloc (3111982304 bytes) returned NULL.
> $
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> any ideas?
> I don't want to re-install..
> The question is what caused this?
> RPM or grep?
> Try RPM -qa by itself...
In 7.1, when I do:
rpm -q cdrecord*
output is:
package cdrecord* is not installed
But when I do:
rpm -qa | grep cdrecord
output is:
cdrecord-1.8.1-2mdk
cdrecord-cdda2wav-1.8.1-2mdk
What's wrong with the first syntax?
What is the cdda2wav package?
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