Re: installing RH5 with updated RPMs

[Charles Curley <charles h curley lmco com>]

Patrick Zwahlen wrote:
> 
> Hi...
> 
> I've got a little question that may looks silly to all the Gurus that
> you are, so excuse me ;-)
> 
> I'd like to know if it is possible to install the RedHat distribution,
> after having replaced all the buggy packages by the updated ones, or
> do we have to install the "buggy distribution" and make the updates
> afterwards ???
> 
> And if we don't delete the old packages from the RPMS directory, will
> the installer automatically detect and install the new versions ?
> 
> Many thanks in advance,                    - Patrick -
> 

If you get an answer on this that isn't put on the list, please let me
know. It definitely sucks to have to install and then overwrite with
updated versions.
-- 
Charles Curley, Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Technical Operations, Lockheed Martin Ocala Operations
charles h curley lmco com