Robert P. J. Day (rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > when i went to install the dpkg RPM i got from www.rpmfind.net, i was > told that there was a file conflict with the file > /usr/sbin/update-alternatives from the chkconfig package. sure enough, > the current file by that name on my FC1 system is a symlink to the file > alternatives in the same directory, while the dpkg RPM wants to overwrite > that with an actual executable. > > i know i can cram the RPM on with "--force", but i'm always reluctant > to do that. although, since it's just a symlink, i know i can always > restore it later. i'm just curious why dpkg thinks it needs an > update-alternatives program in the first place. > > more to the point, i was interested in whether there was a way to > query an RPM file to see if there were looming conflicts. when i tried > > $ rpm -qp --conflicts <dpkg file> > > i was told there were no conflicts. ok, so i guess that means no > conflicts at the package or capability level, but certainly, there's a > conflict at the file level. should i not expect to be told about that > as well? just curious. rpm -iv --test would tell you, or you could compare the manifests from rpm -qpl and rpm -ql. > and what's the recommended way to install this rpm, besides just > "--force"? or is that the way to go in this case? --replacefiles is better than --force since you don't want --nodeps. _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
