On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, puneet puri wrote: > a) Can the -U option be used to upgrade a installed > package when dependencies( pre-requisite ) exist on it > ? > Yes, but you want to include the the prerequisite in the same transaction. For instance if rpm A-1-1 is installed, and A-1-2 needs B-1-2, you would do: rpm -Uvh A-1-2.noarch.rpm B-1-2.noarch.rpm > b) Does the Upgrade of an RPM remove the already > existing files if they are not a part of the new RPM ? > ( or its has to be handled manually using the > preinstall section of the spec file) > Its automatically handled. An upgrade is an implicit install followed by an implicit erase. The trick is that it only erases files not belonging to the new package. Cheers...james > -Thanks > Puneet > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard > http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree > > > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list > _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
