Rpm installation problem

[Mike]

Having thought on this for a short bit, I'll offer a guess as to why it
(-V) doesn't work for you.  You need to be careful how you refer to the
package name when using 'rpm', for example:

[poot][/home/hornung]% rpm -qf /etc/inittab
initscripts-4.16-1
[poot][/home/hornung]% rpm -V initscripts-4.16-1
........T c /etc/inittab
missing    /etc/ppp/ip-down
missing    /etc/ppp/ip-up
S.5....T c /etc/rc.d/rc.local
S.5....T c /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
missing    /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S15netfs
missing    /etc/rc.d/rc4.d/S15netfs
missing    /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S15netfs
[poot][/home/hornung]% rpm -V initscripts-4.16-1.i386.rpm
package initscripts-4.16-1.i386.rpm is not installed

See what I'm talking about?

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-=<(| mike at boobaz.net |)>=-

On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Doug McLean wrote:

|So here's a weird one for you guys to figure out.  This has been an ongoing 
|problem since I started using Linux.  When I download an rpm, or use one of 
|the rpms from my cd-rom, I install it using rpm -ivh or rpm -Uvh.  It 
|installs fine.  However, later, when I want to verify if it is installed 
|using rpm -V (I don't quite remember) it says that program is not installed. 
|  I can verify that since it doesn't work.  So far I have never been able to 
|get rpms to install and usually just download the tarball and ./configure 
|yadda yadda.  So what gives?
|
|--Doug "the Pho Man" McLean
|
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