Forcing RPM to reinstall broken packages

[bscott at ntisys.com]

On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, at 3:30pm, mod+gnhlug at std.com wrote:
> Ahh, yes - I'd be lost without the ability to smack RPM upside-da-head:
> 
>    rpm -ivh --nodeps --force --ignorearch packageName

  *grimace*

  Surgeon General's Warning: Use of the "--nodeps" or "--force" switch can
lead to a totally broken system.  If you feel confident that you know better
than the computer, go right ahead, but don't blame RPM when your system
explodes six months later.  :-)

  (I always liked Sendmail's approach to this problem.  The name of the
option for similarly dangerous things in Sendmail's configuration file is
"DontBlameSendmail".)

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Ben Scott <bscott at ntisys.com>
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