Re: up2date won't update openoffice

[Chuck Campbell <campbell accelinc com>]

On Sat, Apr 30, 2005 at 06:32:38AM -0500, Tom 'spot' Callaway wrote:
> > > 
> > > file /usr/share/man/man1/bonobo-activation-server.1.gz from install of bonobo-activation-2.2.2-1 conflicts with file from package bonobo-activation-2.2.2-1
> 
> It looks like a multilib conflict.
> 
> Do you see an i386 and x86_64 version of bonobo-activation when you run:
> 
> rpm -q bonobo-activation --qf "%{NAME} %{ARCH}\n"

I get this:
# rpm -q bonobo-activation --qf "%{NAME} %{ARCH}\n"
bonobo-activation x86_64

> 
> RHN has a bonobo-activation.i386 and a bonobo-activation.x86_64.
> 
> You probably only want the x86_64 rpm, so if the i386 rpm shows up, you
> might try rpm -e bonobo-activation.i386, then run up2date again.

nope, only the x86_64 version
rpm -e bonobo-activation.i386 just returned and appeared to do nothing.
> 
> Alternately, you could get both bonobo-activation rpms with up2date
> --get, and install them manually with rpm -U --force. They're only
> conflicting over a man page. :)

I tried this, but I'm unaware of how to get the .i386 package.  doing the
up2date --get bonobo-activation only retrieves the x86_64 version.

man up2date yields nothing useful for this issue.
thanks,
-chuck