Re: rpm -U *.rpm and installed packages

[Alexander Jolk <alexj buf com>]


> BTW, you should be using -F, not -i, that fixes many problems and avoids
> multiply installed packages. The problem that remains -- that must be
> remedied manually -- is removing identically named packages from the
> splat.

I'm using -U which does the same thing but installs everything.  This is
in the framework of a (cfengine-controlled) installation script, where
I'm putting the rpms in different directories depending on whether I
want to install them unconditionally for a class of computers, or update
them only if they were already installed in a previous version.  In the
latter case, I use -F of course, but for the former case, I was betting
on -U because it removes older versions.  For the same reason, any
manual correction is unacceptable for me.


Thanks for your comments, though,
	Alex