On Tue, 3 May 2005 00:08:50 -0400 Claude Jones <claude_jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon May 2 2005 11:10 pm, Raman Gupta wrote: > > > > My yum update also froze on a newly installed Fedora Core 3 system. > > Ctrl-C did not work -- after a kill -9, and another "yum update" I was > > told that everything was up to date. However, I was suspicious so I > > checked my rpm database and there were about 30 packages that had been > > upgraded but the older package had not been removed. > > > > Fixing the problem involved an rpm -e on each of the older duplicate > > packages, and then a re-install of the newer package to restore several > > missing files that got deleted in the older package removal (seemed like > > mostly localization files). I used the yum cached rpm's for the > > reinstall, so at least the packages did not have to be downloaded again. > > > How do you check the rpm database and determine that packages have been > upgraded and older ones not removed? I know how to delete old packages, but > how do you find the ones that are in the state you discuss? > -- > Claude Jones > Bluemont, VA, USA To check for duplicates do: rpm -qa | sort | less The duplicates will be grouped together in the list. -- Richard E Miles Federal Way WA. USA registered linux user 46097
