On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 15:21:09 +0530, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Chris G wrote: > >Is there any way to force yum to re-install a package that has got > >corrupted (well, *may* have got corrupted)? > > > >Obviously I could do:- > > > > yum remove <package> > > yum install <package> > > > >but it seems like there ought to be an easier way to do it. > > yum 3.2-11 (in Rawhide) has a reinstall option but the latest yum in > Fedora 8 doesn't. You could file a RFE and request an update if it is > not already done. In the short term you can use the --force option on rpm to do this.
