On Sun, 2006-07-23 at 22:19 +0200, Axel Thimm wrote: > On Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 10:32:06PM +0300, Ville Skyttä wrote: > > > > rpm -U/-i will nuke or overwrite kernel modules of the running > > > kernel in a uname-r-less scheme. > > > > rpm -U behaves just as documented and just like with all other packages, > > including the kernels, ie. upgrades them. Yes, I'm aware of the nuances > > that might make some say it's not the same. Whatever, if you don't want > > that behaviour, don't use -U. kernel packages don't have > > uname-r-in-name either, and people are perfectly capable of upgrading > > their kernels with the rpm CLI. > > > > Ditto, rpm -i behaves like for all other packages, it doesn't nuke or > > overwrite anything. Use --oldpackage in addition if you wish to deal > > with modules for old kernels. > > Just pick Thorsten's example where rpm -U will nuke the kernel module > from another unrelated kernel and rpm -i will overwrite (coinstall > over) the kernel module of the latest kernel. But I thought it was already stated that we don't care about rpm used on the cli to handle these sorts of things. That we've assumed we're operating at a level above rpm for constructing the transaction set. So if you think of rpm's direct use as not a concern what are the other issues with the current scheme? -sv -- Fedora-packaging mailing list Fedora-packaging@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-packaging
