Re: RPM problem: How do I properly update glibc?

["Leonard den Ottolander" <leonardjo hetnet nl>]

Hi Chuck,

> If I have messed up and installed an i386 version of package-X, then
> followed by installing the i686 version of package-X are they both there, or
> did the second install actually overwrite the binary executable image?

 In this case the files all have the same names, so they will be all 
replaced with the files in the package you last added.

> In the case of glibc, I don't want to remove the only current version from
> the last (i686) install, so how do I clean up the rpmdatabase?

 rpm --justdb -e glibc-2.3.2-5 glibc-common-2.3.2-5

 I assume both version of the glibc packages contain the same files, so you 
only need to update the rpmdb. If not delete leftover files from the old 
package by hand.

Bye,
Leonard.

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