On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Post, Mark K wrote: > Leland, > > If you've ever looked closely, the "real" rpm files have names like: > aaa_base.rpm > cpio.rpm > gdbm.rpm > m4.rpm > ps.rpm > texinfo.rpm > > If you replaced those with _identically_ named updates, you'll might be > fine, but note that there are other files, other places in the CD that have > information such as the size of the packages, and dependency information. > If that metadata changes enough between versions of a package, you might > have real problems during/after the installation.
Probably something someplace is picky about versions. -- Cheers John. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb Copyright John Summerfield. Reproduction prohibited.
