Gus Wirth wrote:
> James G. Sack (jim) wrote:
>> Urivan Saaib wrote:
>>> Lan,
>>>
>>> If your rpm supports the --aid switch, you can do:
>>>
>>> cd /path/to/dvd/rpms
>>> rpm -ivh --aid MythDora-version.rpm
>>>
>>> and it should install the required dependencies,..
>>
>> You mean I can install a downloaded rpm and the rpm program will make
>> use of yum (or?) to automatically resolve dependencies? =-O
>>
>> Whoa! I didn't know that.
>> Why has that feature been hidden from me? ;-)
> 
> Because you didn't read the man page? From the yum man page:
> 
>  localinstall
>     Is used to install a set of local rpm  files.  If  required  the
>     enabled repositories will be used to resolve dependencies.
> 

I guess I jumped to (incorrect) conclusions without reading the whole
thing. I think the context where I first saw those words was about using
local resources to _resolve_ dependencies. (So) I misinterpreted the
/localinstall/ and /set of local rpm files/ terms without paying
attention to the real meaning of the sentence. </rationalization>

So is
  rpm -aid ./XXX.rpm
equivalent to
  yum localinstall ./XXX.rpm

Regards,
..jim


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