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Re: Disappearing diskspace
On Sun, 11 May 1997, Alexander L. Belikoff wrote:
> > I have a very strange problem. Whenever I play with RPMs -
> > install/uninstall them, diskspace disappears mysteriously. I install an
> > RPM, then uninstall it - but I have less free space then I had before I
> > installed. I use "rpm -ih" for installing and "rpm -e" for uninstalling.
I always use rpm -U for installing or upgrading.
> Another point - upgrade your rpm to the latest one in the updates
> directory on the redhat site
I second that.
> Also, some RPMS create the configuration files and not always erase
> them...
exactly. try it, I think that even after an uninstall, rpm --what_provides
(or whatever the switch is spelled like) will still point to the package
even if it isn't there anymore... (then again, maybe I'm wrong :-)
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