On Saturday 30 December 2006 18:43, Tim wrote: > Tim: > >> If you've manually downloaded it, and the one package can be installed > >> without any worries about sorting out dependencies, you might as well > >> use rpm. Using the yum command isn't gaining you anything. > > Anne Wilson: > > Fair enough. I'm always a bit reluctant to mix methods > > That really isn't a case of mixing methods. When you use YUM, it uses > the RPM database to help with determining dependencies, at *that* time. > Next time you use YUM, it works on the current condition of the RPM > database, which would have been updated if your installed something > using RPM. YUM is just acting as an agent to play with RPM. > That's reassuring. I wasn't sure whether yum would actually know about the rpm installed in this way - I thought it would, but there was just the possibility that rpm didn't write in the way that yum expects - IYSWIM :-) Anne
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