On Fri, May 23, 2003 at 10:47:55AM -0400, Napt Napt wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
>
> Thanks for your 2 cents too :-).
> I didn't know it was possible to remove a package that
> has dependencies with rpm. I tried using rpm -e -force curl*.rpm but you
> can't
> use the force option when removing a package. I had a circular dependency
> problem
> once so all I did was put both packages as arguments to rpm in one command
> instead
> of splitting it up in 2 and this worked.
>
> I truly appreciate all of your help in this matter ...

You should use --nodeps instead of --force in this case. It's a bit safer
since it allows fewer potential problems to be ignored.

>>> Dan

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