Can't print after CUPS update this morning?

[Paul Howarth]

wld wrote:
> On 5/19/06, Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org> wrote:
>> Henry Ritzlmayr wrote:
>> > Am Donnerstag, den 18.05.2006, 19:34 -0400 schrieb Bob Goodwin:
>> >> Henry Ritzlmayr wrote:
> 
> [big snip]
> 
>> >> How do I undo the update?
>> >
>> > By "installing" the older versions:
>> >
>> > rpm -Uvh --force cups-1.1.23-30.2.i386.rpm
>> > cups-libs-1.1.23-30.2.i386.rpm
>> >
>> > will do the job.
>>
>> As is usually the case, --force shouldn't be necessary: --oldpackage
>> should work just as well and will reveal if there are any dependency
>> issues (e.g. other packages that also need to be downgraded) with the
>> action, unlike --force.
>>
> Sorry, I don't believe my eyes, but 'man rpm'  says:
> 
>       --force
>              Same as using --replacepkgs, --replacefiles, and --oldpackage.
> :)

Must get a coffee. I was thinking that --force included --nodeps too 
(another option to be avoided if at all possible). Still, neither 
--replacepkgs nor --replacefiles should be needed in this case.

Paul.