Bug 49835 - rpm --force borken
Summary: rpm --force borken
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: rpm
Version: 7.3
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeff Johnson
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-07-24 14:17 UTC by Gerald Teschl
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:35 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-07-24 14:21:42 UTC
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Description Gerald Teschl 2001-07-24 14:17:42 UTC 
Description of Problem:
I can't install rpms with "failed dependencies" even if I use --force or
--nodeps.

How Reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
[root@soliton updates]# rpm -i --force koffice-1.1-0.beta3.5.i386.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
        kdesupport is needed by koffice-1.1-0.beta3.5

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Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 2001-07-24 14:21:38 UTC 
Version of rpm please. If -0.66 or thereabouts, upgrade to -0.81, the latest
build.
Comment 2 Gerald Teschl 2001-07-24 14:41:09 UTC 
Yes, rpm-4.0.3-0.66, the one that comes with beta2. Where can I get -0.81 from?
Its not
in rawhide on beta.
Comment 3 Jeff Johnson 2001-07-24 14:57:12 UTC 
Latest rpm build will be available in the next day or two , at least at
	ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/test-4.0.3
probably also through Raw Hide.
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