> rpm -F ~ftp/pub/mirrors/(release)/Mandrake/RPMS/*.rpm
> (personaly i do mine a portion at a time)
...Hmm, this will really perform a "full" OS version update?
I.e., from 6.0 to 6.1? And not just update the relevant packages while
keeping a 6.0 base system?
I always assumed that there was some "additional" stuff that got
upgraded, besides just the packages, when you used the floppy disk. Like
maybe the stuff in the /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/base directory, or some of the
other base system stuff.
Will the above command take care of more serious upgrades, like
when Redhat jumped from libc5 to glibc? Or when the kernel started using
a different tty system and many of the files in the /dev directory had
their major/minor numbers changed? Would the above command move a Redhat
5.2 system to a Mandrake 6.1 system?
Finally, when you issue rpm -F *.rpm, I assume the packages are
upgraded in alphabetical order...? Will the "rpm" command handle bulk
upgrades that must happen in a particular order, i.e., upgrade the GTK+
packages before upgrade Gimp packages? Or am I forced to use the --nodeps
option when doing complete system upgrades with rpm -F?
If this really works the same as booting off the floppy, I'll be
shocked, amazed, and very grateful. I've used RPM to update my system
often, but I've always thought that would only give me a "Redhat 5.2
system" with recent package updates (instead of a "Mandrake 6.1 system").
--Derek
