Re: How to make an existing file exist?

["SN_Diamond" <Norman.Diamond@example.com>]

Thank you for your effort, but I'm still not getting anywhere.  Command:
  rpm -qf /usr/lib/libreadline.so.4.1
says:
  readline-4.1-5
Command:
  rpm --verify readline
produces no output.
Command:
  rpm --state readline
produces a "usage" error output.
Command:
  rpm --verify --state readline
produces no output.

Scott Stone wrote:
> 
> the file existing is not enough to satisfy the dependency, the file has to
> be registered in the RPM database.. probably do an rpm -qf on
> /usr/lib/libreadline.so.4.1 or whatever, find out what provides THAT file,
> and upgrade/reinstall that package.
> 
Norman Diamond wrote:
> 
> The rpm command refuses to upgrade to pilot-link-0.9.5-6 because it needs
> file libreadline.so.4.
> 
> /usr/lib/libreadline.so.4 is a symbolic link to /usr/lib/libreadline.so.4.1
> which is 177545 bytes long.
> 
> I'd rather not force rpm to ignore dependencies.  I'd rather force rpm to
> recognize that dependencies are satisfied.  Anyone know how?
> 
> (Red Hat 7.0J plus a number of upgrades.)
> 
> Sincerely,
> Norman Diamond
> Norman.Diamond@example.com