[PlanetCCRMA] how rpm sucks, let me count the ways

[Brian Fahrlander]

On 18 Mar 2003 10:25:03 -0800, Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano <nando@ccrma.Stanford.EDU> wrote:

> > I'm having the same maddening problem.  Except it's even more absurd.
> 
> Very weird...
> 
> > [root@ruined root]# rpm -qa | grep quake
> > quake2-3.20-glibc-6
> > quake2-3.20-glibc-6
> > quake2-3.20-glibc-6
> > quake2-3.20-glibc-6
> > quake2-3.20-glibc-6
> > 
> > [root@ruined root]# rpm -e quake2-3.20-glibc-6
> > error: package quake2-3.20-glibc-6 is not installed
> > 
> > [root@ruined root]# rpm -ev quake2
> > error: "quake2" specifies multiple packages
> > 
> > [root@ruined root]# rpm -e quake2 --allmatches (<- reports no errors)
> 
> Could you do a "rpm -e -v -v --allmatches quake2" to see what it
> reports? I've searching for something like this on google and have not
> found any solution yet. 
> 
> I think there is an rpm related mailing list somewhere in the redhat
> site, it might be interesting to know what they think about this...


    I've not messed with Quake in a long time...I might have even lost the data disks.  :(

    But what happens when you try this?

    rpm -ve `rpm -vqa | grep quake`  

    (Yep, those are back-tics)
  
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