T. Horsnell wrote:
T. Horsnell wrote:
T. Horsnell wrote:
1. I seem to have some duplicate package names (this is on an x86_64
system which has only been 'up2date'ed once immediately after
installation) e.g:
[root@ls1 ~]$ rpm -q tcp_wrappers
tcp_wrappers-7.6-37.2
tcp_wrappers-7.6-37.2
You may have both x86_64 and i386 versions installed.
Try:
$ rpm -q --qf '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}\n' tcp_wrappers
Aha. I do indeed have both i386 and x86_64 versions installed for the ones
which rpm -V is complaining about. But why does this confuse rpm?
I wouldn't have thought it would.
Can I tell it to only do one sort?
Try:
$ rpm -V tcp_wrappers.i386
$ rpm -V tcp_wrappers.x86_64
I just did this.
$ rpm -V tcp_wrappers.x86_64 reports no errors
$ rpm -V tcp_wrappers.i386 complains.
Getting warm here.
$rpm -ql tcp_wrappers-7.6-37.2.i386
[root@ls1 ~]$ rpm -ql tcp_wrappers-7.6-37.2.i386
/usr/include/tcpd.h
/usr/lib/libwrap.a
/usr/lib/libwrap.so
/usr/lib/libwrap.so.0
/usr/lib/libwrap.so.0.7.6
/usr/sbin/safe_finger
/usr/sbin/tcpd
/usr/sbin/try-from
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers-7.6
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers-7.6/BLURB
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers-7.6/Banners.Makefile
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers-7.6/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers-7.6/DISCLAIMER
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers-7.6/README
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers-7.6/README.IRIX
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers-7.6/README.NIS
/usr/share/man/man3/hosts_access.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/hosts.allow.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/hosts.deny.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/hosts_access.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/hosts_options.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tcpd.8.gz
[root@ls1 ~]$ rpm -ql tcp_wrappers-7.6-37.2.x86_64
/usr/include/tcpd.h
/usr/lib64/libwrap.a
/usr/lib64/libwrap.so
/usr/lib64/libwrap.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwrap.so.0.7.6
/usr/sbin/safe_finger
/usr/sbin/tcpd
/usr/sbin/try-from
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers-7.6
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers-7.6/BLURB
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers-7.6/Banners.Makefile
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers-7.6/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers-7.6/DISCLAIMER
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers-7.6/README
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers-7.6/README.IRIX
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers-7.6/README.NIS
/usr/share/man/man3/hosts_access.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/hosts.allow.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/hosts.deny.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/hosts_access.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/hosts_options.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tcpd.8.gz
So if rpm is computing the md5sum of the installed binaries and
comparing it to that stored in the rpm database, does it check
whether the installed binary is i386 or x86_64?
My understanding of what happens when different-arch packages are
installed is:
* rpm won't let it happen if both packages own the same file and
the files are not exactly the same
* the only exceptions to the previous rule are for binaries, where
the "superior" version (x86_64 in this case) gets its package
installed and the other-arch version doesn't get installed.
This may be completely wrong though; I don't have an x86_64 box myself
(yet).
However, it would explain what you're seeing.
Paul.
