> > We want to be able to install a large set of rpm's which may or may > not have dependency on each other. We would like to be able to > install them all in one shot so that the dependency check and > ordering can be done. However, some of the packages should be > 'Upgraded' while others 'installed'. > > I am not so familiar with rpm, but it looks like the CLI as it is > won't allow 'U' and 'i' on a per package basis in a single > transaction. Looking at the rpm API seems to be no such restriction. > > I'm willing to modify the rpm CLI to allow this use case, but if I > do so I would like to know the chances of getting such > an enhancement merged into the official release? I can work with > whoever is interested in defining the command line interface (I'm > thinking using a file format like: <full path to > package><delim><'i'|'U'|'e'><delim><any other package specific flags > that make sense> Then just adding an option to the rpm CLI to take the file. Unless the ones you need to -i are special like the kernel package, you can just use -U on all of them. Unlike yum, rpm will just install a package if you use the -U flag on it and there is nothing to upgrade. -greg _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
