Re: rpm database problem

[John Aldrich <john chattanooga net>]

On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, Joe Renes wrote:
> 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. 
> 
Don't try to include the version number in the query. Just
try "rpm -q xcdroast" and that will work beautifully. Same
thing goes for removing said package. Just include the name
of the program and forget about the [blah] part. RPM will
choke on that.

HOWEVER, when *installing* via RPM, you **MUST** include
the version info some how (wildcard will work fine, but it
must be included in some way!)
	John