[lug] Multiple rpms of the same version installed

Michael D. Hirsch mhirsch at nubridges.com
Fri Nov 21 14:34:41 MST 2003


On Friday 21 November 2003 04:32 pm, Michael D. Hirsch wrote:
> I've had to deal with multiple rpms of the same name being installed by
> accident.  This typically happens to me when the postinstall script fails
> for any reason.
>
> But this is a new one to me.  There are multiple copies of an rpm, and two
> of those copies have the same version.  Anyone know how to fix?
>
> Here's the symtoms.  Sorry about the goofy package names.  :-/
>
> root at zebra root]# rpm -q Is-synovus-appliance-synovus-jsp
> Is-synovus-appliance-synovus-jsp-3.4.4-2
> Is-synovus-appliance-synovus-jsp-3.4.4-1
> Is-synovus-appliance-synovus-jsp-3.4.4-2

That was easier than I thought it'd be: use the --allmatches switch.

Michael




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