I think it is more that the name of the original file is unimportant, the package information is stored else where. I don't think that is quite the same as saying the packaging information is unimportant, only a small niggle but I think relivant. The file name is arbitrary. Doug On Tue, 2004-03-23 at 14:51, Polashek, Matthew wrote: > Excellent! Thanks! So the reason that the entire name of the RPM packaged > file is not contained in the RPM database is that the packaging information > is unimportant right? > > Matthew Polashek > Associate Editor, Silver Burdett Ginn - Music > Scott Foresman/Pearson Education > 299 Jefferson Road > Parsippany, NJ 07054-0480 > office: 973.739.8709 > fax: 973.739.8098 > Matthew.Polashek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > ---------- > > From: Matthew Saltzman > > Reply To: For users of Fedora Core releases > > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 9:46 AM > > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > > Subject: Re: RPM is reading database incorrectly > > > > On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Polashek, Matthew wrote: > > > > > Anyone know why this happens? > > > > > > [root@localhost RPMs]# rpm -e xmms-alsa-1.2.8-3.2.fr.i386.rpm > > > error: package xmms-alsa-1.2.8-3.2.fr.i386.rpm is not installed > > > [root@localhost RPMs]# rpm -i xmms-alsa-1.2.8-3.2.fr.i386.rpm > > > warning: xmms-alsa-1.2.8-3.2.fr.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key > > > ID e42d547b > > > package xmms-alsa-1.2.8-3.2.fr is already installed > > > [root@localhost RPMs]# > > > > > > When I run rpm -q xmms-alsa, the output indicates that xmms-alsa-1.2.8 > > is > > > installed. Why does this happen and how do I fix it? I can't seem to > > find > > > this particular problem anywhere in the ether. > > > > The answer is contained in the question. > > > > "rpm -q xmms-alsa" finds the RPM in the database, but > > "rpm -e xmms-alsa-1.2.8-3.2.fr.i386.rpm" does not. Do you see the > > difference? > > > > Hint: What happens if you try "rpm -e xmms-alsa"? > > > > Now, "rpm -i xmms-alsa-1.2.8-3.2.fr.i386.rpm" needs the name of the RPM > > *file* because the RPM isn't in the database before you install it, but > > "rpm -q xmms-alsa" and "rpm -e xmms-alsa" need the name of the RPM > > itself, because they are looking in the database for RPMs that are already > > there. > > > > > > -- > > Matthew Saltzman > > > > Clemson University Math Sciences > > mjs AT clemson DOT edu > > http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs > > > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > > > > > **************************************************************************** > This email may contain confidential material. > If you were not an intended recipient, > please notify the sender and delete all copies. > We may monitor email to and from our network. > > **************************************************************************** > >
