a) If A-1-1 needs B-1-1 and we want to Upgrade only B-1-1 , then would the RPM allow to upgrade B-1-1 ? b) If we are not aware of what packages need B-1-1 can we still simply go ahead and upgrade only B-1-1 ? using the -Upgrade command For e.g rpm -Uvh B-2-2.rpm Thanks Puneet --- James Olin Oden <joden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 __________________________________ 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
