up2date RPM package conflict error

[Michael Schwendt]

On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 15:49:28 -0500, Ryan Williams wrote:

> Steve Phillips wrote:
> > 
> > the second rpm will have been installed with an rpm -i instead of an rpm 
> > -U and was probably installed with --force and/or --nodeps, this is one 
> > of the reasons why --force and --nodeps are bad.
> 
> I may have accidentally used -i on that first update, but I definitely 
> didn't use --force or --nodeps.
> 
> rpm -e xerces-j gives me:
> error: "xerces-j" specifies multiple packages

rpm -e --allmatches xerces-j

and possible an added --nodeps will nececessary. The differences
between the two packages have not been analyzed. So be sure the
one installed "up2date xerces-j" is compatible.