Re: [cobalt-users] Mysql uninstall help

[Rik Thomas <rikt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 25 Aug 2001, jramer wrote:

> Hello.
>
> I did something rather dumb last night.
>
> I decided to upgrade Mysql last night. I previously had 3.22.32-1 and
> wanted to upgrade to the 3.23.37.
<snip>
> So for giggles; I decided to try to put the old version back on following
> the instructions from the archives.
>
> Now I get: rpm -Uvh
> ftp://ftp.cobaltnet.net/pub/experimental/raq3/MySQL-client-3.22.32-1.i386.rp
> m
> Retrieving
> ftp://ftp.cobaltnet.net/pub/experimental/raq3/MySQL-client-3.22.32-1.i386.rp
> m
> package MySQL-client-3.22.32-1 is already installed.
>
> I get this with all of the mysql rpms from the site.
>
> I've tried everything I can think of to find these rpms; and they are no
> where that I can find on the cobalt.
>
> Does anyone have a clue as to where I can look for these ghost files? Or a
> file I can edit so the machine won't think it's there?
>
> Thanks;
What I recommend is leaving the files that you already have and then
forcing the upgrade to the new version.  The beauty of rpm is the ability
to upgrade, that is what the U stands for.  So do a --force and that
should cure your problems.  Good luck.

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