[97196] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Re-installing RPM's, was Re: Kernel Problem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Stearns)
Sun Nov 1 20:41:56 1998
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 20:45:09 -0500 (EST)
From: William Stearns <wstearns@pobox.com>
To: Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>
cc: redhat-list@redhat.com, Genesis <genesis@omega.honk.org>
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On Sun, 1 Nov 1998, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Nov 1998, William Stearns wrote:
>
> > I fear I've misunderstood; I had thought one used the package name
> > for queries about already installed packages. I was suggesting that
>
> Well, you've actually understood well. If the package is already
> installed, then the switch --replacefiles or --replacepkgs is needed. The
> package can be upgraded, or the original can be erased and then reinstalled.
That sounds right. Those two command line parameters are a much
better choice than the sledgehammer-like "--force" I suggested earlier
today.
> Now that I think about it more, perhaps I did use the full name during the
> re-installation. Candidly, I don't remember! With tab completion the full
> file name is put on the command line, so maybe I wrote too soon. <g>
A marvelous example of a user interface that works _too_ well! I
_do_ understand! <grin>
Cheers,
- Bill
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