I had tried the force, the oldpackage and everythig I could find in the
manual pages.
I thought I already posted my solution to the problem on here, but just
in case it didn't get posted here is how I solved the problem.
I started up KDE and used the rpm program in that. Don't have the name
handy but it was a glint type program and took the ugly 0.99.xxx off
with no problem.
thanks to all who replied
ken
>
>
> > Ken Wilson wrote:
> >
> > Im trying to replace the unstable 99.xxx version of dosemu
> that came
> > with RH6 with a more stable 98.xx version. My problem is I cannot
> > remove the 99.xxx version. I cannot erase it via rpm -e command be
> > cause 'it's not there' and I cannot add the 98.xx version
> because it
> > says it IS there.
> Isn't it possible to force an upgrade with rpm ?
> I think the RH manual covers this.
> >
> > short of just going to the directories and deleting what I can by
> > hand, do any of you know how to do this the proper rpm way?
> >
> >
> >
> > ----------------------------
> > Ken Wilson
> > Compusoft Consulting
>
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> but because we are led by a fool," Nenan Canak
> RH5.2 Personal 17728385
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