Re: FC3 rpm behavior change

["Nils O. Selåsdal" <NOS Utel no>]

Dax Kelson wrote:

> The FC3 Release Notes say:
>
> =============
>   RPM's default behavior regarding file conflicts in Fedora Core 3 has
>   changed. In the past, file conflicts (where a file from one
>   already-installed package also appears in a package that is to be
>   installed) caused the installation of the package containing the
>   conflicting file to abort.
>                                                                                                                                                                   
>   In Fedora Core 3, RPM will ignore such conflicts, and the package
>   installation will proceed, overwriting any conflicting files from
>   previously-installed packages.
> ============
>
> What's the rationale for this?
>
> Dax
>
>  
Then my hunch about this were right. I was yelling a bit about that on 
IRC, but most people claimed
RPM does NOT work like that. Apparantly it does on my system. Rather bad 
imho, it allows for easily
screw up.