From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Largent Subject: Re: RPM question Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 08:25:59 -0400 Sender: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3EC0E457.7000404@imagelinks.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Tom Troonbeeckx Cc: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org This is caused when more than one package owns thinks it owns a file. For the most part you only see this when doing something like putting a mandrake rpm on redhat or suse. There is no easy way to fix the problem, rebuild the rpm without that file, or force install on a test box to make sure replacing that file dosn't cause problems. Tom Troonbeeckx wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I want to install a driver rpm-package with the following command : rpm -Uvh > package.rpm > This goes mostly very smoothly. > > Most times I got failed dependencies of required programes but this one is > different. > I don't know the exact remark I had but as I can recall it was a file-x that > conflicts with file-y. > > Is there an rpm option to avoid or to autofix this problem? > > Thanx in advance. > > > > Ideaxis nv > -facing the internet- > > Flanders Multimedia Valley > Wetenschapspark 1 > B-3590 DIEPENBEEK > > Tel : +32 11 26 89 20 > Fax : +32 11 23 22 17 > Mobile: +32 479 13 14 81 > > E-Mail: tom.troonbeeckx@ideaxis.com > URL: http://www.ideaxis.com/ > > Ideaxis nv legal disclaimer > The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and may be > privileged. It may be read, copied and used only by the intended recipient. > If you have received it in error, please contact the sender immediately by > returning this e-mail. Please delete this e-mail and do not disclose its > contents to any person. Ideaxis nv does not accept liability for any > errors, omissions, delays of receipt or viruses in the contents of this > message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > -- Jeff Largent ImageLinks, Inc. Sr System Admin Melbourne, Fl 32935 (321) 253-0011 fax: (321) 253-5559