Re: Install-time error message

[Jeff Johnson <jbj JBJ ORG>]

On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 08:54:44PM -0800, Gregory Leblanc wrote:
> I was just playing around with rpm tonight, and noticed this really
> weird error message.  I had a glib package installed, version 1.2.10,
> with it's epoch set to 1.  I went to install (NOT upgrade) glib 1.3.12,
> and it gave me an error that glib 1.2.10 was already installed and
> newer.  Once I put an epoch on my glib 1.3.12 package, it installed with
> no errors or warnings.
> I'm unable to grok why this error message shows up.  There are just as
> many times that I'd potentially need to install an older version of a
> package as a newer version, while leaving the other copy intact.  Am I
> missing something?

Try --oldpackage when installing. Or add the Epoch:.

73 de Jeff

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