On Wed, 31 Aug 2011, Michael Schwendt wrote:

> On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:41:18 -0500 (CDT), MH (Michael) wrote:
>
>> yum and rpm have different ideas about wether three packages are installed:
>>
>> [root@localhost log]# rpm -V 1:tk-8.5.9-2.fc14.i686
>> 1:tix-8.4.3-5.fc13.i686 1:numpy-1.4.1-6.fc14.i686
>> package 1:tk-8.5.9-2.fc14.i686 is not installed
>> package 1:tix-8.4.3-5.fc13.i686 is not installed
>> package 1:numpy-1.4.1-6.fc14.i686 is not installed
>
> The leading 1: is the Epoch, which is usually hidden in RPM and not
> displayed unless you query package details or the Epoch explicitly. E.g.

Thanks.

>  $ rpm -qi tix | grep Epoch
>  Epoch       : 1
>  $ rpm -q --qf %{epoch}\\n tix
>  1
>
> Omit it when querying RPM. Run just
>
>  rpm -V tk-8.5.9-2.fc14.i686 tix-8.4.3-5.fc13.i686 numpy-1.4.1-6.fc14.i686
>
> or leave out the version-release.arch part. Notice that RPM does not
> print the Epoch, try:
>
>  rpm -q tk tix numpy

-- 
Michael   henne...@web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu
"Pessimist: The glass is half empty.
Optimist:   The glass is half full.
Engineer:   The glass is twice as big as it needs to be."
-- 
users mailing list
users@lists.fedoraproject.org
To unsubscribe or change subscription options:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines

Reply via email to