Re: RPM is reading database incorrectly

From: Matthew Saltzman (mjs_at_ces.clemson.edu)
Date: 03/23/04

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    Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 09:46:52 -0500 (EST)
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    On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Polashek, Matthew wrote:

    > Anyone know why this happens?
    >
    > [root@localhost RPMs]# rpm -e xmms-alsa-1.2.8-3.2.fr.i386.rpm
    > error: package xmms-alsa-1.2.8-3.2.fr.i386.rpm is not installed
    > [root@localhost RPMs]# rpm -i xmms-alsa-1.2.8-3.2.fr.i386.rpm
    > warning: xmms-alsa-1.2.8-3.2.fr.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key
    > ID e42d547b
    > package xmms-alsa-1.2.8-3.2.fr is already installed
    > [root@localhost RPMs]#
    >
    > When I run rpm -q xmms-alsa, the output indicates that xmms-alsa-1.2.8 is
    > installed. Why does this happen and how do I fix it? I can't seem to find
    > this particular problem anywhere in the ether.

    The answer is contained in the question.

    "rpm -q xmms-alsa" finds the RPM in the database, but
    "rpm -e xmms-alsa-1.2.8-3.2.fr.i386.rpm" does not. Do you see the
    difference?

    Hint: What happens if you try "rpm -e xmms-alsa"?

    Now, "rpm -i xmms-alsa-1.2.8-3.2.fr.i386.rpm" needs the name of the RPM
    *file* because the RPM isn't in the database before you install it, but
    "rpm -q xmms-alsa" and "rpm -e xmms-alsa" need the name of the RPM
    itself, because they are looking in the database for RPMs that are already
    there. 

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		Matthew Saltzman
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