You might try the --force option with the erase. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:redhat-list- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Gibbon > Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 9:57 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Cannot uninstall duplicate RPM Package?? > > > "Olivier Dony" wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I can't exactly remember how I managed to create this duplication > > (something about rpm segfault'ing wrt the glibc version during the > > install of one of those packages, and stuff like that), but anyway, > > here it goes : > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# apt-get install spamassassin > > Processing File Dependencies... Done > > Reading Package Lists... Error! > > E: There are two or more versions of the package 'binutils' > installed in your > system, which is a situation APT can't handle cleanly > > at the moment. > > Please do one of the following: > > 1) Remove the older packages, leaving only one version installed; or > > 2) If you do want to have multiple versions of that package, add the > package > names to the RPM::AllowedDupPkgs option. > > > > E: Error occured while processing binutils (UsePackage2) > > E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/rpm/Packages > > E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# rpm -qa |grep binutils > > binutils-2.11.90.0.8-9 > > binutils-2.11.90.0.8-9 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# rpm -e binutils-2.11.90.0.8-9 > > error: "binutils-2.11.90.0.8-9" specifies multiple packages > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# > > Never tried it, but a quick look at the rpm man pages suggests > that the '--allmatches' option will remove 'both' binutils entries. > Then you can reinstall it, and hopefully you'll only have one. > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
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