On Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 01:10:02PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've got one for you RPM fans: I wanna wipe my (beta) KDE slate clean
> to go to KDE 2.x, so, naturally, I want to remove the old RPMS.
>
> # rpm -e kdeadmin-1.94-20000928.rh62
> error: "kdeadmin-1.94-20000928.rh62" specifies multiple packages
>
> # rpm -q -a | grep kdeadmin
> kdeadmin-1.94-20000928.rh62
> kdeadmin-1.94-20000928.rh62
>
> # rpm --rebuilddb
> # rpm -q -a | grep kdeadmin
> kdeadmin-1.94-20000928.rh62
> kdeadmin-1.94-20000928.rh62
>
>
> WhadoIdo?
Simple. Go to http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla and submit a bug. ;-)
Seriously, I searched for all rpm bugs and didn't find this problem reported.
I DID however run into this exact problem myself. I'm not 100% certain, but
I think the only way I was able to fix this was to upgrade the package (might
require --nodeps or --force) and then remove the package by simple name.
Upgrading is actually what fixes it (removes both copies from the rpm db),
but removing the newly upgraded package accomplishes the task at hand.
Note that I don't claim that this is good...it's a workaround for what
looks like a genuine bug.
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-Paul Iadonisi / Consultant / Red Hat Certified Engineer
Collective Technologies - Managing Systems and Networks
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