up2date RPM package conflict error

[Bohmer, Andre ten]

Hi, 

>I have got register problem using up2date.
>I execute 'up2date --register', I fill all the information it asks me.
>When I ask to forward the register mail, up2date returns me this error:
>	Problem registering username.
>
>The Network part is ok: I can ping www.google.com and I can browse on
>the Net.
>
>Please, anyone knows what happening?
Maybe there is a RPM database corruption, give this procedure a try (worked for me):
#] cd /var/lib/rpm
#] mv __db* /tmp
#] rpm -rebuilddb -vv
#] up2date -p

Cheers,
Andre
	
>-----Message d'origine-----
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>[mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] De la part de Ryan Williams
>Envoyé : mardi 22 février 2005 21:49
>À : General Red Hat Linux discussion list
>Objet : Re: up2date RPM package conflict error
>
>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
>
>Ryan
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