On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 13:17:38 +0200, Karasik, Vitaly wrote: > Michael is right, of course - force == --replacepkgs --replacefiles --oldpackage, but IMHO, with "-i" it won't replace files [only with "-U"] > No, hence my warning. --replacefiles applies to -i/--install, too, and would ignore file conflicts and overwrite existing files, which belong into other packages already. If you really want to install an older package, which refuses to install because a newer version is installed already, use option --oldpackage. But if that fails due to file/dependency conflicts, don't --force install it without know exactly what you're doing. -- Fedora Core release 3 (Heidelberg) - Linux 2.6.9-1.681_FC3 loadavg: 1.21 1.36 1.98 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
