yum leaving multiple versions installed

[Rudolf Kastl]

2006/2/6, Jim Cornette <fct-cornette at insight.rr.com>:
> Steve Grubb wrote:
> > On Monday 06 February 2006 07:15, Jim Cornette wrote:
> >> I tried out your latest script with the -vw option and it matched
> >> anything with kernel within it.
> >
> > Sorry, all my machines' rpm databases are screwed up in some way and never got
> > it to run without complaining. New version below should be fine.
>
> No problem! My rpm database is in pretty good shape, though I had to
> intervene a few time by rpm -qa and going through the whole listing of
> packages that I have installed.
>
> The new version worked as intended.  I checked that the packages like
> kernel-devel are not matched by kernel. I assume that kernel-smp and its
> devel patch would exact match also.
> >
> >> For test 2, what are you searching for?
> >
> > When you type "yum update rpm" on an x86_64 machine for example, it does not
> > pull in neon for i386, it only grabs the x86_64 package. So, I have
> > neon-0.24.7-10.1.i386 and neon-0.25.5-1.x86_64 on my system. This is not the
> > way I want my system to be. Both versions should match.
>
> Thanks for the explanation. I am on i386 and did not know what you were
> trying to catch.
> >
> > -Steve
> >
>
> Jim
>
> PS - Thanks for the \ to continue lines. There were no problems cutting
> and pasting the script into an editor and changing permissions.
>
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This thread is quite long. Actually whats yet the best script in terms
of considering every yet recognized problem?

regards,
Rudolf Kastl