On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 01:17:05PM -0400, Fulko Hew sita aero wrote: > I would, but the std tarballs such as (in the case of bash), from > FSF.org don't come with spec files. Do you suggest that I hunt > down Redhat's version of a source? Hunt down? ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/4/en/os/i386/SRPMS > Perhaps, but the person who built our package manager manager > chose to rpm -e followed by rpm -i, whenever a package is upgraded. > This is probably due to the reason that during the install process > (because its actually install and not upgrade), we have to be able > to 'install' older versions of an RPM incase the 'new' rpm failed > because and embedded application failed within the new rpm, > or because the customer decided that they wanted to fall-back > to an older version of the same rpm > > I don't think that rpm allows you to upgrade to an older version. rpm -U --oldpackage rpm or, if you must, --force. > > This document is strictly confidential and intended only for use by the addressee unless otherwise stated. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and delete it from your system. You do know the archives for this list are publicly displayed? :) -- lfr 0/0
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