> * Jeff Bond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010402 01:06]:
> > You don't need to know where the files end up with RPMs. When you
> > uninstall an RPM, the database knows where all the files are and deletes
> > them for you.
>
> [Sorry for straying so far off topic by this point. If it is best this
> thread should die, let me know.]
>
> This is exactly the problem. If the rpm just happens to provide
> /sbin/init, /bin/ls, /bin/grep, or any other program liable to be
> exectued by a user or by root, I damn well want to know that the package
> intends to install a new version and/or refuse to delete important
> programs upon uninstall.
It won't replace existing files from another package unless you tell it to do
so. In this context, "no package" is "another package."
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