Broken RPM install through Up2date

[Peter Boy]

Am Mo, den 26.04.2004 schrieb Richard Crawford um 00:37:
> The other night, while trying to update one of the OpenOffice.org
> packages through Up2date, the install process crashed halfway through
> one of the packages.  

One of the long lasting problems of up2date.

> When I booted up up2date again, the package
> which had bombed is no longer available for download (it says the
> package is up to date).  How can I make sure that I actually *do* have
> the right package?

You may delete all entries in /var/spool/up2date so up2date will start
over. Eventually you should rpm -e the package which caused the crash
and reinstall it from your installation medium.


Peter