Re: [Cooker] Window Maker ---- a strange RPM

[R.I.P. Deaddog]

On Sun, 8 Apr 2001, crazy horse wrote:

> > How come!? O_RDWR? What rpm is it? Why would it want to write to rpm
> > database!?
> >
> > Abel Cheung
>
> Abel, general rule of thumb is to install rpms as root. All RPM's write to
> the rpm database when they are installed, that's how the system keeps track
> of whether or not they are there. If it didn't keep track rpm -e and upgrades
> would not be possible... su to root and I bet this solves your problem. =) If
> not, then you do have an issue with a corrupt DB.

:(
Hope you won't mind reading the first paragraph of my message before
replying? It's source rpm, not binary rpm.