Re: "rpm -e" do not remove the program and symbolic link

From: Philip Morten <philip.morten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2007 10:52:36 +0100

wong_powah@xxxxxxxx wrote:

I created a rpm (.spec file) to install a program and create a
symbolic link to it. After I do "rpm -e" to remove the package, the
program and symbolic link still exist, how to fix this problem?

Add -vv to the rpm -e command, this will give you lots of information about what is going on from which you should be able to see what is wrong.
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