On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Christian Goetze wrote: > >> Well, what _is_ the right thing to do, and how do I selectively erase > >> a particular rpm without erasing all of them? > > > The right thing is not to have multiple identical rpms only > > differentiated by prefix installed. > > If you believe this, then rpm shouldn't permit it. Since rpm permits it, > it should have a way to undo it, too. > It does, just not from the CLI (which was what you asked for in your RFE). > I believe there is a reasonable use case for doing this. In a development > shop, I'd like permit multiple developers to build and test a specific rpm > simultaniously, without having to play games with either the name or the > version, since all of these may have other effects on various build, > install and configuration scripts. > Though, I think your request is reasonable, another way to achieve the same thing is to have your developers work in a chroot, or use their own rpm db's that are copies of the system rpm db. Cheers...james > I guess I can prefix the name with a developer name and hope for the best, > that's the only option which is left... Seriously, try that python script that Paul showed you. It looked like that should do the trick. I would have mentioned something like this sooner, but I don't work with python much, and did not know the exact tag to query on (now I do...thanks Paul). Cheers...james > -- > cg > > > > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list > _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
