Can't uninstall multiple instances of a package

[Thomas Vander Stichele]

Hi,


> Yep, it seems. But is the problem due to some deficiencies in current
> Rawhide rpm/yum or the quake2 package? In my opinion, rpm/yum should be
> able to totally control the database. If no rpm nor yum can solve the
> problem, is there a manual way to repair/purge the database, except than
> rpm --rebuilddb that did nothing?

In all fairness, you *did* specifically ask rpm to *force* an install of
a conflicting package.  I would not expect yum to be able to undo the
damage you do by using a tool wrong.  Yum does totally control the
database if you totally let it control it, not if you choose to bypass
it to do something potentially risky.

Thomas