Am Freitag, den 19.05.2006, 10:20 +0100 schrieb Paul Howarth: > wld wrote: > > On 5/19/06, Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Henry Ritzlmayr wrote: > >> > Am Donnerstag, den 18.05.2006, 19:34 -0400 schrieb Bob Goodwin: > >> >> Henry Ritzlmayr wrote: > > > > [big snip] > > > >> >> How do I undo the update? > >> > > >> > By "installing" the older versions: > >> > > >> > rpm -Uvh --force cups-1.1.23-30.2.i386.rpm > >> > cups-libs-1.1.23-30.2.i386.rpm > >> > > >> > will do the job. > >> > >> As is usually the case, --force shouldn't be necessary: --oldpackage > >> should work just as well and will reveal if there are any dependency > >> issues (e.g. other packages that also need to be downgraded) with the > >> action, unlike --force. > >> > > Sorry, I don't believe my eyes, but 'man rpm' says: > > > > --force > > Same as using --replacepkgs, --replacefiles, and --oldpackage. > > :) > > Must get a coffee. I was thinking that --force included --nodeps too > (another option to be avoided if at all possible). Still, neither > --replacepkgs nor --replacefiles should be needed in this case. > > Paul. As wld pointed out --nodeps is not included within --force but you are right --force is to much for this --oldpackage should do the job just fine. Thanks for pointing this out. Henry
