I get this message when I either install or remove a package. What is it?
On Friday 20 August 2010 06:45 PM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
I get this message when I either install or remove a package. What is it?
You probably used
$ rpm -ivh something.rpm
to install something rather than
$ yum localinstall something.rpm
On 08/20/2010 09:45 PM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
I get this message when I either install or remove a package. What is it?
FWICT, it means that something other than "yum" changed the RPM database. Usually this means RPM.... It could mean some other software calling the primitives directly....
On 08/20/2010 06:50 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
On Friday 20 August 2010 06:45 PM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
I get this message when I either install or remove a package. What is it?
You probably used
$ rpm -ivh something.rpm
to install something rather than
$ yum localinstall something.rpm
Hmm... the only time I used rpm was to install RPMFusion and livna. Is that a problem?
Can this warning be reset/cleared?
On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:45:59 -0700 "Daniel B. Thurman" dant@cdkkt.com wrote:
I get this message when I either install or remove a package. What is it?
It's just a warning... when you install/remove/upgrade something with rpm directly, then use yum again, it's letting you know that something was modified with rpm.
Transactions done with rpm directly don't show up in 'yum history' as rpm doesn't update the yumdb with that info.
So, it's likely not a problem, but it's probably best to get in the habit of using yum all the time.
kevin
On Friday 20 August 2010 06:52 PM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
On 08/20/2010 06:50 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
On Friday 20 August 2010 06:45 PM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
I get this message when I either install or remove a package. What is it?
You probably used
$ rpm -ivh something.rpm
to install something rather than
$ yum localinstall something.rpm
Hmm... the only time I used rpm was to install RPMFusion and livna. Is that a problem?
That would explain it.
Can this warning be reset/cleared?
You could try reinstalling with yum. btw, as far as I recall the latest yum supports installing rpm packages over http or ftp. No reason to use rpm directly any more. :) (except for queries and troubleshooting ofc :-p)