[NMLUG] RPM's

[pi at pihost.us (Anthony Martinez)]

On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 11:05:32AM -0600, Will Pearson 
carved this out of pure phosphors:
> Hello,
> 
> Python but other packages require it and I don't feel confident removing
> it and then installing it again because it may corrupt something else.
> How can I go about reinstalling the Python RPM package without
> corrupting anything?

get the specific RPM that owns the file in question, then rpm --nodeps --force
-vhU the rpm. (--force means --replacepkgs, --replacefiles, and --oldpackage)
should work.

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panic("aha1740.c"); /* Goodbye */
	2.2.16 /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi/aha1740.c