I have a corrupt file on my filesystem that belongs to kdebase. What would be the easiest way to get rpm to repair this file? The only thing I can think of is
rpm -e --nodeps --justdb kdebase
That won't replace the file at all, as the only thing it changes is the RPM database.
rpm -i --nodeps -f kdebase
That'll work, but I tend to favour:
rpm -Uvh --replacefiles --replacepkgs kdebase
Using the "force" and "nodeps" options just makes me nervous because they're things you shouldn't normally need to do, so I try to stick with the minimum number of options needed to get the job done.
Paul.
