rpm deduplication question

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I don't know when/how this happened, but I'm sure there's a faster way
to fix this problem.  My trusty old 32-bit F13 laptop seems to have
several duplicate packages on it. For example:

# rpm -qa | grep foofile
foofile-1.0-fc14.noarch
foofile-1.0-fc13.noarch

The fc14 file is a "sooner" that shouldn't be there. If I use rpm -e to
remove it, I suspect I'm removing all the files that also belong to the
fc13 package. If I try to remove the fc13 package with the intent of
immediately re-installing it, dependency hell often breaks out.

Isn't there an rpm argument set that will allow me to simply
"overinstall" a currently-installed package, replacing any missing
files? I've tried 'rpm -ivh --replacepkgs' without success. The man page
for rpm could be a bit clearer.

If I can clean this all up, I want to run preupgrade and bring it up to
F14 with a minimum of muss & fuss.

--Doc Savage
  Fairview Heights, IL

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