As long as the secondary package includes a newer version of the file (in the primary package), -U should work. At worse, the user will be required to add "--nodeps" to the second package's installation.
-- Take care, Gilboa Davara XML - Systems Israel. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 972 - 054 968 909 On Sun, 2003-06-01 at 16:15, Miki Shapiro wrote: > Quick-question: > > Does the RPM "subpackages" capability allow me to cook an RPM of a > main-product-tree with subpackageX, and later issue a seperate RPM > containing a more-updated version of subpackageX only, that will allow -U > operation over the subpackageX initially installed without complaining I > have the same file in 2 different rpms in the database? > > Thanks! > -- > Miki Shapiro <aris at pharoe dot com> > Unixophilic Software Developer > --------------------------------------------- > Tel: +972-(56)-322433 ICQ: 3EE853 > --------------------------------------------- > If at first you don't succeed... > .. SkyDiving is probbably not for you. > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
