Hi,
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 16:00, Craig White craigwhite@azapple.com wrote:
I wouldn't recommend that you use '--force' for any rpm commands unless you know what you're doing.
I suggested the --force just in case the RPM database already had the yum package registered, but the package was corrupt.
I agree with your statement that --force should be only used if you know what you're doing.
Open a web browser and depending upon your installation (I am using i386 here)... http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/
I suggested that the OP gets the packages for 5.2, since his install seems to be closer to a 5.2 than a 5.3. That way he may end up getting yum to work again quicker, and then he can use yum to update his system to the latest packages.
Using /5/ (CentOS 5.3) is also doable, but the number of packages he will have to download and install manually will certainly be larger.
HTH, Filipe