Bug 2172

Summary:	The rpm database has double entries that I can't get rid of
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Marc MERLIN <marc_soft>
Component:	rpm	Assignee:	Jay Turner <jturner>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	6.0	CC:	srevivo
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Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
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Last Closed:	1999-04-14 13:41:13 UTC	Type:	---
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Description Marc MERLIN 1999-04-14 06:50:18 UTC

moremagic [mc]# rpm -qa | grep gnome-libs
gnome-libs-1.0.3-3
gnome-libs-devel-1.0.3-3
gnome-libs-1.0.3-3
gnome-libs-devel-1.0.3-3
moremagic [mc]# rpm --rebuilddb
moremagic [mc]# rpm -qa | grep gnome-libs
gnome-libs-1.0.3-3
gnome-libs-devel-1.0.3-3
gnome-libs-1.0.3-3
gnome-libs-devel-1.0.3-3
moremagic [mc]# rpm --version
RPM version 2.9

I might have installed that package twice during my hand
upgrade to RH 5.9.1
moremagic [mc]# rpm -e --nodeps gnome-libs-1.0.3-3
error: "gnome-libs-1.0.3-3" specifies multiple packages
moremagic [mc]# rpm -e --allmatches --nodeps gnome-libs
gnome-libs-devel
(lots of errors about second removals that failed)

It looks like at least some version of rpm had a problem and
allowed duplicate installs.

Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 1999-04-14 13:41:59 UTC

This problem has been fixed in a later version of rpm.

The duplicate entries can be eliminated for most packages
by upgrading and/or removing and reinstalling as described
above.