>
> Hi,
>
> in the past always when I got new RPM's I just made a "rpm -Fv *" from
> the location
> of the new RPM's to scan for new packages and make the update
> after the successful update, the result was displayed.
> But now I think since one of the last rpm-3.0-*-updates
> I only get a lot of messages like this:
>
> package gnome-core-1.2.1-6mdk is already installed
>
> -> I never got this befor (when nothing needs to be updated - the result
> was a blank line)
>
> I also get a lot of other garbage messages about courious conflicts
> but no action takes place !
>
>
> I know there was a lot changes in rpm
> but I don't know if this is a bug ?
> or should I specify another cmd (options for rpm) now for update all ?
>
> Thanks for your help
> Udo
>
>
It seems that rpm -F fails if you order it to upgrade an existing rpm which is highly
annoyning. Hopefully it's a bug and not a feature :). Also the command rpm -K can"t be
found in man
