Hey Group;
I was going to check the RPM database for various pieces of software
versions. Say like Open Office by "rpm --qa *". To which the rpm
database comes up with Amarok-1.4.6 only. I would have expected a dump
of the programss. So I did a remake of the RPM database "rpm
--rebuilddb"
* Donn Washburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [08-17-07 17:06]:
> I was going to check the RPM database for various pieces of software
> versions. Say like Open Office by "rpm --qa *".
first, there is no option "--qa", its "-qa", and the asterisk is
superfluous.
> To which the rpm database comes up wit
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Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> * Donn Washburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [08-17-07 17:06]:
[...]
>> Am I doing it wrong or is there some other new trick. "rpm -q"
>> rpmfilename seems to work but rpm "-q *" or "-qa *" fails to work. Is
>> this a Senior Moment o
Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> * Donn Washburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [08-17-07 17:06]:
>
>> I was going to check the RPM database for various pieces of software
>> versions. Say like Open Office by "rpm --qa *".
>>
>
> first, there is no option "--qa", its "-qa", and the asterisk is
> superflu
* Bart Whiteley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [08-17-07 18:27]:
> Bash expanded '*' to the contents of Don's current working directory.
> Don had a file or directory called Amarok in this directory, and this is
> the only item in the directory that matched a package name in the RPM
> database.
Yes, one of
Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Bart Whiteley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [08-17-07 18:27]:
Bash expanded '*' to the contents of Don's current working directory.
Don had a file or directory called Amarok in this directory, and this is
the only item in the directory that matched a package name in the RPM
data
