Re: How to handle erasing an RPM that contains a mandatory file

[Fulko Hew sita aero]

rpm-list-bounces redhat com wrote on 10/27/2006 02:24:10 PM:

> On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 02:15:19PM -0400, Michael Jennings wrote:
> > On Friday, 27 October 2006, at 20:12:42 (+0200),
> > Jos Vos wrote:
> >
> > > > According to the man page, --force is the same as --oldpackage
> > > > (I hope it really is).  [...]
> > >
> > > AFAIK it is *not*.
> >
> > mej talon ~/info >> rpm --help | grep force
> >   --force                          short hand for --replacepkgs --
> replacefiles
>
> Which proves his point. It isn't the same as --oldpackage, it also
> includes --replacepkgs and --replacefiles.
>
> If the ggp wants that or not, I can't say.


But like I originally said, the man page says:

--force
  same as using --replacepkgs, --replacefiles, and --oldpackage

Then again the corrollary of --oldpackage is the same as ...
is not neccessarily true either.

so I would equally not trust anything grep'ed from within the help
info in the binary.  Only the real code knows for sure.

Let me put on my face shield and bomb disposal suit, and try a few tests.
:-)





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