[PLUG] rpm having multiple packages

[Fred K Ollinger <follinge@sas.upenn.edu>]

Does anyone know how to talk some sense into rpm's head?

We are running rh6.2, but many of the packages have been upgraded. In my
(ill-fated) attempt to upgrade openssl, I have inadventently installed it
2x.

Here's what rpm says when I try to remove it:

error: "openssl-0.9.6b-18" specifies multiple packages

I know that. This package is listed 2x when I do rpm -qa. That's what I'm
trying to fix. Rebuilding the database succeeded, but there are still two
listings on openssl-0.9.6b-18. Forcing it fails. Justdb fails.

Any other ideas?

Anyone get rpm to allow for both this package and openssl-9.6.5 to coexist
or to gracefull upgrade to openssl-0.9.6b-18, resetting all dependencies
to openssl-0.9.6b-18. I can't see why rpm gets hung up on specific version
numbers.

Fred Ollinger (follinge@sas.upenn.edu)
CCN sysadmin


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