On Wed, 2006-06-21 at 08:48 -0400, William L. Maltby wrote: > On Wed, 2006-06-21 at 13:40 +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote: > > William L. Maltby wrote: > > > [root at wlmlfs08 ~]# rpm -qa rpm\* > > > rpm-python-4.3.3-13_nonptl.i386 > > > rpm-4.3.3-11_nonptl.i386 > > > rpm-build-4.3.3-11_nonptl.i386 > > > rpmdb-CentOS-4.2-0.20051011.i386 > > > rpmdb-CentOS-4.3-0.20060314.i386 > > > rpm-libs-4.3.3-11_nonptl.i386 > > > rpm-libs-4.3.3-13_nonptl.i386 > > > rpm-build-4.3.3-13_nonptl.i386 > > > rpm-4.3.3-13_nonptl.i386 > > > rpm-devel-4.3.3-11_nonptl.i386 > > > rpmforge-release-0.3.4-1.el4.rf.i386 > > > rpm-python-4.3.3-11_nonptl.i386 > > > rpm-devel-4.3.3-13_nonptl.i386 > > > [root at wlmlfs08 ~]# > > > > you obviously have a fubar'd rpmdb and/or a broken update/upgrade that > > you never fixed! I think I'm seeing the light here. Combined with what Ralph said, which was most helpful, I apparently am not supposed to have multiple versions laying around? Unlike the kernel? > > > > did you just never realise there were duplicates there ? When you said "duplicates", I was thinking along the lines of two "4.3.3-11", etc. But I see that is not the case here. [root at wlmlfs08 ~]# # Save file for diff w/"rpm\*" vers for other thread [root at wlmlfs08 ~]# rpm -qa|grep rpm|sort >/tmp/tmp2;cat /tmp/tmp2 redhat-rpm-config-8.0.32.1-1.noarch rpm-4.3.3-11_nonptl.i386 rpm-4.3.3-13_nonptl.i386 rpm-build-4.3.3-11_nonptl.i386 rpm-build-4.3.3-13_nonptl.i386 rpmdb-CentOS-4.2-0.20051011.i386 rpmdb-CentOS-4.3-0.20060314.i386 rpm-devel-4.3.3-11_nonptl.i386 rpm-devel-4.3.3-13_nonptl.i386 rpmforge-release-0.3.4-1.el4.rf.i386 rpm-libs-4.3.3-11_nonptl.i386 rpm-libs-4.3.3-13_nonptl.i386 rpm-python-4.3.3-11_nonptl.i386 rpm-python-4.3.3-13_nonptl.i386 So I now presume, based on the snippet Ralph provided that the breakage is not *duplicates*, but multiple versions installed at the same time (if we could believe my rpm db)? Is that correct? ><snip> TIA -- Bill -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060621/d5b84f26/attachment-0004.sig>