Re: Question on the "--justdb" option.

["A R Hummaida" <Hummaida cs man ac uk>]

so does that mean for an uninstall, the header stays while the file are
removed?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Johnson" <jbj@JBJ.ORG>
To: <rpm-list@redhat.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: Question on the "--justdb" option.


> On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 10:13:38AM -0500, Linh Huynh wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have never used the option "--justdb" during an installation/upgrade.
Can
> > anyone explain
> > what this option does or else point me to a web page that will?
>
> With --justdb, the header is put in the database, but the payload is not
> unpacked onto the file system.
>
> You usually need --noscripts --notriggers with --justdb as well.
>
> 73 de Jeff
>
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