On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, James Olin Oden wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Nov 2003, Tim Mooney wrote:
>
> > In regard to: Using rpm to patch several conf files, Marcelo Mercio Dandrea...:
> >
> > > Sorry if this a newbie question, Im a begginer on using RPMs.. I
> > > scanned the list archives but wasnt able to find information
> > > regarding it. Im trying to create a rpm to automatically patch
> > > several conf files... On my rpm, I have the "original" conf file
> > > as it is installed by its package and a patch file to be applied.
> > > I can build and install the RPM with no problem at all, but the
> > > install part only works with the --force option, since I modify
> > > files referred by other packages... (file X from install of Y
> > > conflicts with file from package Z). Is there a way to avoid this
> > > ? Am I trying to use RPMs in a way it wasnt supposed to be used ?
> >
> > Probably. You can avoid `--force' if you investigate the
> > `--replace-files' option to RPM, though I have no idea whether that's any
> > more "gentle" or not.
> >
> Is the --replace-files option documented anywhere? I have heard about it
> here and there but I never quite caught/understood all the details on
> using it.
>
> Thanks...james
How about 'man rpm'? You will find the following.
--replacefiles
Install the packages even if they replace files from
other, already installed, packages.
If this is not enough, the source code might be the next step. :)
Best regards.
Liguo
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