Re: -Upgrading RPMs

[puneet puri <puneet8033 yahoo com>]

a) If A-1-1 needs B-1-1 and we want to Upgrade only
B-1-1  , then would the RPM allow to upgrade B-1-1 ? 

b) If we are not aware of what packages need B-1-1 can
we still simply go ahead and upgrade only B-1-1 ?
using the -Upgrade command

For e.g   rpm -Uvh B-2-2.rpm

Thanks
Puneet

--- James Olin Oden <joden@malachi.lee.k12.nc.us>
wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, puneet puri wrote:
> 
> > a) Can the -U option be used to upgrade a
> installed
> > package when dependencies( pre-requisite ) exist
> on it
> > ?
> > 
> Yes, but you want to include the the prerequisite in
> the same transaction.
> For instance if rpm A-1-1 is installed, and A-1-2
> needs B-1-2, you would 
> do:
> 
> 	rpm -Uvh A-1-2.noarch.rpm B-1-2.noarch.rpm
> 
> > b) Does the Upgrade of an RPM remove the already
> > existing files if they are not a part of the new
> RPM ?
> > ( or its has to be handled manually using the
> > preinstall section of the spec file)
> >
> Its automatically handled.  An upgrade is an
> implicit install followed by 
> an implicit erase.  The trick is that it only erases
> files not belonging 
> to the new package.
> 
> Cheers...james 
> > -Thanks
> > Puneet
> > 
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