Here is the data I have recorded. Perhaps different installation parameters are required?
I don't have the rpms to hand to check the dependencies, but what you say doesn't on its own point to a problem with the rpm.
Redhat Linux 6.2, I686 SMP Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 5.00.1 rpm --version RPM version 4.0.2
rpm -U ghc-5.00.2-rh62-1.i386.rpm error: failed dependencies: ghc = 4.08 is needed by ghc-prof-4.08-1 ghc = 5.00.1 is needed by ghc-prof-5.00.1-1
This implies that you have ghc-prof-4.08-1 installed, and it does need ghc 4.08. Similarly ghc-prof-5.00.1-1. Using -U means update, and it wants to remove older versions of the package mentioned, but it can't since that would break dependencies for ghc-prof, which you haven't asked it to change. rpm -U ghc-5.00.2-rh62-1.i386.rpm ghc-prof-5.00.2<whatever> ought to have worked, although you may need to do something about having _two_ versions of ghc-prof installed (rpm -e to erase?).
rpm -i --force ghc-5.00.2-rh62-1.i386.rpm
That was a bad idea!
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
That indicates a bug in rpm! You should report it with bugzilla. It's possible that this might have done something bad to your rpm database :-(. Try rpm --rebuilddb and if that fails, restore it from backups. Cheers, Jón -- Jón Fairbairn Jon.Fairbairn@cl.cam.ac.uk 31 Chalmers Road jf@cl.cam.ac.uk Cambridge CB1 3SZ +44 1223 570179 (after 14:00 only, please!)