https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/pipermail/yum/2003-April/000887.html Start there. Not sure where the state of the conversation is now, but, IIRC, the idea is that an update should only update, not install, and that the functionality of installation should be handled through some kind of batching operation, though I'm not sure where the status of that is. --Chris On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 08:49, Nielsen, Steve wrote: > Will there be the "-U" rpm equivalent feature in yum ? This is where you issue an "update" but if its not install yum will install it instead of updating. Perhaps this could be implemented as a different keyword? > > Steve > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum