On Sat, 2004-10-30 at 12:42, Rex Dieter wrote: > I have to agree with the consensus shown here that this change in > default behavior is, to put in mildly, *just plain stupid*. Please, > please revert to previous, proper behavior, and force folks who insist > on this broken behavior to use > rpm --replacefiles Agreed, wholeheartedly. Hell, why bother with rpm at all, if this is the default. I might as well switch a DIY linux and just install from tarball. Without an explanation, or maybe a pointer to the a discussion on rpm-list (is that hosted at Red Hat?), this just seems like someone was smokin' crack. -- -Paul Iadonisi Senior System Administrator Red Hat Certified Engineer / Local Linux Lobbyist Ever see a penguin fly? -- Try Linux. GPL all the way: Sell services, don't lease secrets
