John,

On  1.04.08, John Summerfield wrote:
> Steve White wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I installed openoffice by hand
> >	openoffice.org-base-2.3.1-9238.i586
> >now pup keeps bothering me about updating to
> >	openoffice.org-base - 1:2.0.4-5.4.25.x86_64
> >If I follow pup's advice, openoffice becomes unusable.
> 
> That's what you get for breaking the rules;-)
> 
Ah yes, the secret rules!

> I presume you downloaded a tarball?
> 
It was a tarball.  See below.

> I suggest you "rpm --erase" the old one. If you installed the 
> replacement sensibly, that will be the end of it.
> 
I removed the old one with yumex before I installed the new one.
Is that not enough?

$ rpm -qa | grep openoffice

openoffice.org-core04-2.3.1-9238.i586
openoffice.org-freedesktop-menus-2.3-9238.noarch
openoffice.org-core03u-2.3.1-9238.i586
openoffice.org-base-2.3.1-9238.i586
openoffice.org-core09-2.3.1-9238.i586
openoffice.org-onlineupdate-2.3.1-9238.i586
openoffice.org-core06-2.3.1-9238.i586
openoffice.org-emailmerge-2.3.1-9238.i586
openoffice.org-core02-2.3.1-9238.i586
openoffice.org-core07-2.3.1-9238.i586
openoffice.org-math-2.3.1-9238.i586
openoffice.org-kde-integration-2.3.1-9238.i586
openoffice.org-core05-2.3.1-9238.i586
openoffice.org-calc-2.3.1-9238.i586
openoffice.org-suse-menus-2.3-9238.noarch
openoffice.org-core05u-2.3.1-9238.i586
openoffice.org-impress-2.3.1-9238.i586
openoffice.org-pyuno-2.3.1-9238.i586
openoffice.org-core04u-2.3.1-9238.i586
openoffice.org-core10-2.3.1-9238.i586
openoffice.org-mandriva-menus-2.3-9238.noarch
openoffice.org-gnome-integration-2.3.1-9238.i586
openoffice.org-writer-2.3.1-9238.i586
openoffice.org-graphicfilter-2.3.1-9238.i586
openoffice.org-core08-2.3.1-9238.i586
openoffice.org-headless-2.3.1-9238.i586
openoffice.org-core03-2.3.1-9238.i586
openoffice.org-redhat-menus-2.3-9238.noarch
openoffice.org-core01-2.3.1-9238.i586
openoffice.org-draw-2.3.1-9238.i586

What should I erase here?  These seem to be all from the newer 
(non-distro) version.

> At worst, you will need to reinstall your download (but check first for 
> a newer one, OOo on Windows was just nagging me).
> 
> If my assumptions are bad, best you go into more detail about just what 
> you have done.
> 
I think I did this:

	removed the distribution openoffice with yumex
	ran the installer from the tarball 
		OOo_2.3.1_LinuxIntel_install_wJRE_en-US.tar.gz
		(It put stuff in /opt)
then
	pup came up offering to re-install the old distro version
then
	I wrote to the mailing list

But I have been through this before, that's how I know not to do
what pup suggests.

Cheers!


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