On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 01:44:18PM -0400, Fulko.Hew@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > rpm -U --oldpackage rpm > > > > or, if you must, --force. > > According to the man page, --force is the same as --oldpackage > (I hope it really is). [...] AFAIK it is *not*. > [...] Then my next concern would be that --force > (which I could then hopefully use generically in both the new and old > directions) would hopefully not also turn off any of the error checking > such as dependencies and results of the pre, post, preun, and postun > blocks. That's the reason why you should not use it if anyhow possible, but use "only" --oldpackage instead. -- -- Jos Vos <jos@xxxxxx> -- X/OS Experts in Open Systems BV | Phone: +31 20 6938364 -- Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Fax: +31 20 6948204 _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
