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Re: can't upgrade rpm - failed dependencies
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Erik Troan)
Sun Oct 20 13:36:55 1996
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 13:35:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
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On Sun, 20 Oct 1996, anthony wrote:
> > By the way, the --nodep option is not documented in the man page for
> > rpm, I just saw it recommended at this list.
> >
> Yes, I've used it too, but rather heart in mouth for the above-mentioned
> reason; it's worked for me but why isn't it documented? Can it do
> terrible things to one's set-up? Perhaps Donnie or someone else from
> Redhat can enlighten us?
It's not documented because I forgot to put it in the man page. Running
"rpm' by itself shows --nodeps as an argument for -i and -U (I'll
add it for -e soon as well <blush>).
Erik
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