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Re: [opensuse-factory] Alpha7 and RPM db
- From: Bart Whiteley <bwhiteley@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:25:02 -0600
- Message-id: <46C6203E.90309@xxxxxxxxxx>
Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> * Donn Washburn <n5xwb@xxxxxxxxxx> [08-17-07 17:06]:
>
>> I was going to check the RPM database for various pieces of software
>> versions. Say like Open Office by "rpm --qa *".
>>
>
> first, there is no option "--qa", its "-qa", and the asterisk is
> superfluous.
>
>
>> To which the rpm database comes up with Amarok-1.4.6 only.
>>
>
> this makes NO sense, "Amarok...", *unless* your database is totally
> corrupt.
>
>
Bash expanded '*' to the contents of Don's current working directory.
Don had a file or directory called Amarok in this directory, and this is
the only item in the directory that matched a package name in the RPM
database.
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> * Donn Washburn <n5xwb@xxxxxxxxxx> [08-17-07 17:06]:
>
>> I was going to check the RPM database for various pieces of software
>> versions. Say like Open Office by "rpm --qa *".
>>
>
> first, there is no option "--qa", its "-qa", and the asterisk is
> superfluous.
>
>
>> To which the rpm database comes up with Amarok-1.4.6 only.
>>
>
> this makes NO sense, "Amarok...", *unless* your database is totally
> corrupt.
>
>
Bash expanded '*' to the contents of Don's current working directory.
Don had a file or directory called Amarok in this directory, and this is
the only item in the directory that matched a package name in the RPM
database.
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