> > Its just that in my system/environment, a reboot of the system must > occur after every invocation of 'rpm'. This implies that whatever > solution is suggested, it has to be atomic in nature. > > Oh, thats not too problematic, then. Simply stack up all the packages you wish to install/upgrade onto one command line, hence one transaction. For your pure erasures, create a package that obsoletes all of these. Then in one rpm invocation, your done, and then you reboot. Good Luck...james _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list