[PlanetCCRMA] schroedinger's rpm (http://www.lassp.cornell.edu/ardlouis/dissipative/Schrcat.html)

Ryan Gallagher ryanpg@yahoo.com
Tue Mar 18 12:47:01 2003


Here's the current state of affairs ->

[root@ruined root]# rpm -ve `rpm -vqa | grep quake`
error: package quake2-3.20-glibc-6 is not installed
error: package quake2-3.20-glibc-6 is not installed
error: package quake2-3.20-glibc-6 is not installed
error: package quake2-3.20-glibc-6 is not installed
error: package quake2-3.20-glibc-6 is not installed 

[root@ruined root]# rpm -qa | grep quake
quake2-3.20-glibc-6
quake2-3.20-glibc-6
quake2-3.20-glibc-6
quake2-3.20-glibc-6
quake2-3.20-glibc-6

Nope, thanks for the tip though.

-r

>     But what happens when you try this?
> 
>     rpm -ve `rpm -vqa | grep quake`  
> 
>     (Yep, those are back-tics)
>   
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> Message: 10
> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 11:40:52 -0800 (PST)
> From: Ryan Gallagher <ryanpg@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [PlanetCCRMA] how rpm sucks, let me count the ways
> To: Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano <nando@ccrma.Stanford.EDU>
> Cc: planetccrma@ccrma.Stanford.EDU
> 
> Hmm...
> 
> Lots of references to good ole quake2.
> 
> [root@ruined guest]# rpm -e -v -v --allmatches quake2
> D: unshared posix mutexes found(38), adding DB_PRIVATE, using fcntl
> lock
> D: opening  db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages
> create:cdb:mpool:private
> D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages rdonly mode=0x0
> D: locked   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages
> D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpm/Name rdonly mode=0x0
> D:  read h#     248 Header sanity check: OK
> D:  read h#     315 Header sanity check: OK
> D:  read h#     604 Header sanity check: OK
> D:  read h#     655 Header sanity check: OK
> D:  read h#     725 Header sanity check: OK
> D: ========== --- quake2-3.20-glibc-6 i386/Linux 0x0
> D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpm/Requirename rdonly mode=0x0
> D: ========== --- quake2-3.20-glibc-6 i386/Linux 0x0
> D: ========== --- quake2-3.20-glibc-6 i386/Linux 0x0
> D: ========== --- quake2-3.20-glibc-6 i386/Linux 0x0
> D: ========== --- quake2-3.20-glibc-6 i386/Linux 0x0
> D: closed   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Requirename
> D: closed   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Name
> D: closed   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages
> D: closed   db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages
> D: unshared posix mutexes found(38), adding DB_PRIVATE, using fcntl
> lock
> D: opening  db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages
> create:cdb:mpool:private
> D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages create mode=0x42
> D: mounted filesystems:
> D:     i    dev bsize       bavail       iavail mount point
> D:     0 0x0302  4096      5958924      3560568 /
> D:     1 0x0002  1024            0           -1 /proc
> D:     2 0x0007  1024            0           -1 /proc/bus/usb
> D:     3 0x0341  4096       930171      1249421 /archives
> D:     4 0x0301  1024       100783        32073 /boot
> D:     5 0x0006  1024            0           -1 /dev/pts
> D:     6 0x0008  4096        48228        48227 /dev/shm
> D: sanity checking 5 elements
> D: computing 470 file fingerprints
> D: computing file dispositions
> D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpm/Basenames create mode=0x42
> D: ========== --- quake2-3.20-glibc-6
> D:     erase: quake2-3.20-glibc-6 has 94 files, test = 0
> D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpm/Name create mode=0x42
> D:  read h#     725 Header sanity check: OK
> D: ========== --- quake2-3.20-glibc-6
> D:     erase: quake2-3.20-glibc-6 has 94 files, test = 0
> D:  read h#     655 Header sanity check: OK
> D: ========== --- quake2-3.20-glibc-6
> D:     erase: quake2-3.20-glibc-6 has 94 files, test = 0
> D:  read h#     604 Header sanity check: OK
> D: ========== --- quake2-3.20-glibc-6
> D:     erase: quake2-3.20-glibc-6 has 94 files, test = 0
> D:  read h#     315 Header sanity check: OK
> D: ========== --- quake2-3.20-glibc-6
> D:     erase: quake2-3.20-glibc-6 has 94 files, test = 0
> D:  read h#     248 Header sanity check: OK
> D: closed   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Basenames
> D: closed   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Name
> D: closed   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages
> D: closed   db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages
> 
> Of course ->
> 
> [root@ruined guest]# rpm -qa | grep quake2
> quake2-3.20-glibc-6
> quake2-3.20-glibc-6
> quake2-3.20-glibc-6
> quake2-3.20-glibc-6
> quake2-3.20-glibc-6
> 
> -uh, I'm not quite up to pleading for help on yet another mailing
> list
> (yet)... and I somehow feel like doing a clean install of phoebe-3
> might be a better way to test dependencies etc. BUT any thoughts
> would
> be appreciated.
> 
> thanks,
> ryan
> 
> --- Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano <nando@ccrma.Stanford.EDU> wrote:
> > > I'm having the same maddening problem.  Except it's even more
> > absurd.
> > 
> > Very weird...
> > 
> > > [root@ruined root]# rpm -qa | grep quake
> > > quake2-3.20-glibc-6
> > > quake2-3.20-glibc-6
> > > quake2-3.20-glibc-6
> > > quake2-3.20-glibc-6
> > > quake2-3.20-glibc-6
> > > 
> > > [root@ruined root]# rpm -e quake2-3.20-glibc-6
> > > error: package quake2-3.20-glibc-6 is not installed
> > > 
> > > [root@ruined root]# rpm -ev quake2
> > > error: "quake2" specifies multiple packages
> > > 
> > > [root@ruined root]# rpm -e quake2 --allmatches (<- reports no
> > errors)
> > 
> > Could you do a "rpm -e -v -v --allmatches quake2" to see what it
> > reports? I've searching for something like this on google and have
> > not
> > found any solution yet. 
> > 
> > I think there is an rpm related mailing list somewhere in the
> redhat
> > site, it might be interesting to know what they think about this...
> > -- Fernando
> > 
> > 
> 
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