How to un-Caldera my box

[Net Llama!]

Hrmm...looks like Redhat RPMs might have the additional License field.
THat sux, sorry.

On Fri, 16 May 2003, Tony Alfrey wrote:

> On Friday 16 May 2003 03:55 pm, Net Llama! wrote:
> > On Fri, 16 May 2003, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> > > On Friday 16 May 2003 02:19 pm, Net Llama! wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 16 May 2003, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> > > > > On Thursday 15 May 2003 02:57 pm, Net Llama! wrote:
> <snip>
> >
> > No, there should be a License field in the output from 'rpm -qip
> > f00'.
>
> Alright, now I'm lost.
> For example, rpm -qi gives (take minicom for example)
>
> rpm -qi minicom
>
> Name        : minicom
> Vendor: Caldera Systems, Inc.
> Version     : 1.83.1
> Distribution: Linux Technology Preview
> Release     : 1
> Build Host: easy.lst.de
> Install Date: 2001-09-07T10:08:01Z
> Build Date: 2000-07-12T14:01:21Z
> Size        : 510503
> Source RPM: minicom-1.83.1-1.src.rpm
> Group       : Communication/Modem
> Copyright   : GPL
> Packager    : Marcus Meissner <mm at caldera.de>
> URL         : http://www.pp.clinet.fi/~walker/minicom.html
> Summary     : Minicom - a TELIX like unix telecomm program
> Description :
> Minicom is a serial communication program. It is a Unix clone of
> the well-known MSDOS Telix program. It has ANSI color, dialing
> directory,dial-a-list, script language etc.
>
> Author:
>         Miquel van Smoorenburg  <iquels at cistron.nl>
>         Jukka Lahtinen          <walker at clinet.fi>
>
> but man rpm says that
> rpm -qip <package-name.rpm>
> requires the specific rpm package name with the extension .rpm, and the
> package is certainly still not around on the box, only the results of
> installing the rpm.
> So what is it that I'm supposed to command?
>
>
>

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