RE: rpm database problem

[Uncle Meat <kcsmart worldinter net>]

On 21-Aug-2000 Joe Renes spoke something to the effect:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm having a bit of trouble with the rpm database. querying it with 
> rpm -q -a gives a nice big list, but querying a specific package, e.g. 
> rpm -q xcdroast[blah] says xcdroast not installed, when the global
> query clearly lists it. this then prevents me from removing any packages
> as it thinks they're not installed. 

Leave off the [blah] part of your example and see what you get.

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