[PLUG] Re: Kernel removal
Mark Martin
mmartin at amath.washington.edu
Sat Dec 7 02:37:10 UTC 2002
You only need to specify enough to uniquely identify the package. A complete
file name will never work because the entry in the RPM database is the
package name (including version number), not the file name.
Mark
On Friday 06 December 2002 19:20, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Kyle Accardi wrote:
> > Only if there is more than one version installed, right? I've only had
> > to specify the version when erasing a kernel package.
>
> I honestly don't know, Kyle. I learned to put the version number in 'way
> back when and that's what I've always done. I know that if you put the full
> _file_ name in, rpm complains that the file cannot be erased. That's the
> difference between the _package_ name and the _file_ name.
>
> Rich
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