Re: Getting rid of package info?

/ 2004-01-17 20:31:36 +0100
\ Kai Schaetzl:
> Lars Ellenberg wrote on Fri, 16 Jan 2004 19:56:14 +0100:
> 
> > you suggest that "rpm -e k_athlon" does not help?
> 
> I fear that doing that may remove some files from k_dflt, since most files are 
> of the same name.

whatever.  remove it, both of them, then install the new rpm.  thats it.
and if you really mean it, there is --justdb ...

> > 
> > > I'm also wondering, if I shouldn't get the "this package won't be 
> > > installed, use interactive mode" message or is this only coming with "-i" 
> > 
> > it is only the install that requires "interactiveness", yes.
> >
> 
> Hm. I went ahead on one of my 8.1 machines and it didn't ask for interactive 
> mode. It just installed the new kernel without any intervention or asking. And 
> I didn't see if it ran mk_initrd and lilo by itself. I figured that it ran 
> mk_initrd since I had seen this before happening on 8.1 and Suse also says it 
> does since 8.1 and the /boot dir looked ok. So I ran lilo just to be sure and 
> hoped ... Everything went well, but there seems to be something wrong if it 
> installs the kernel right away?

hm. it did not do so on my boxen, I needed fou4s -i --interactive,
and then say "yes"... and yes, some 8.1, too.

	Lars Ellenberg
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