johannes.grumboeck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
SuSE uses a modified version of rpm that allows to apply patches. The patches themselfs don't appear in the rpm database but the product is updated.[...]
PS: What's the way SuSE does it?
For example:
rpm -i product-1.0.0.rpm
rpm -i --patch product-update-1.0.1.patch
leads to having product-1.0.1 in the database. product-1.0.0 is gone, there's only 1.0.1. The patch itself isn't present, so you can only deinstall product-1.0.1. It's essentially the same as if you had installed only product-1.0.1.
I don't remember the actuall rpm commandline options for patching so the ones I used in the example are probably wrong, I hope you get the picture.
SuSE offers updates for their Linux distribution using this patch mechanism (see for example: http://www.suse.com/us/private/download/updates/81_i386.html)
best regards Christof
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