[3365] in RedHat Linux List
Install and update 4.0
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dirk Laurie)
Fri Nov 8 08:54:21 1996
From: Dirk Laurie <redhatter@calvyn.puk.ac.za>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com (Red Hat List)
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 15:50:04 +0200 (SAT)
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There are currently some 40 packages in the Red Hat update
directory. You wish to install Red Hat 4.0, using the
upgraded packages whenever available.
This does not work:
Copy the updates into the RPMS directory and try to
install. The new files are ignored. Don't delete the
old ones; all that will happen is that the install program
reports them as missing.
This works, but is wasteful:
Install what you want. Boot the new system, go into the
updates directory and rpm -U *
All the packages in the updates directory will be installed.
What you need is an option on rpm that will update only if the
package is already installed. Or one of those awk-ward scripts
that I have never been able to write.
Dirk
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