On Thu, 13 Apr 2006, Bowie Bailey wrote:
> I have some rpm packages that I built locally. After installing and
> configuring them, I found a problem that required a source patch.
> I have rebuilt the rpms, but since they have the same version number
> as the original, I can't use "yum localupdate" to install them. Is
> there a clean way to do this with yum, or do I just need to remove
> the old packages and then install the new ones?
Is there a reason you didn't bump the Release: header in the .spec
file? That's the typical mechanism for declaring one binary rpm newer
than another.
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Paul Heinlein <> heinlein@xxxxxxxxxx <> www.madboa.com
