On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 10:02 +0700, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote: > seth vidal wrote: > >> rpm -e --nodeps libfwbuilder > >> rpm -ivh libfwbuilder*.rpm > >> > >> > > > > you don't need to do that: > > > > rpm -Uvh --oldpackage --replacepkgs --replacefiles libfwbuilder*.rpm > > > > > > > > Thanks for the tip. --replacefiles was the key. Digging into man-pages > it seems I can simplify it by using "rpm -Uvh --force" > > >> (is there a command line for rpm reinstall?) It would be nice if I can > >> use yum reinstall for that. Or (even better) something that can do "I > >> want to install this package, install/reinstall/upgrade/downgrade if you > >> have to". > >> > > > > downgrade ain't gonna happen. > > > > > > I believe it would be a good feature to have. Nevertheless, I understand > your decision. > downgrade is an extremely dicey endeavor if you think about it in terms of scriptlets. it's hard to revert 'rm -f /some/randomfile' from a %post -sv _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum
