On Wednesday 03 July 2002 07:45 am, Jeff Gutierrez wrote: > Does anybody know how to *safely* upgrade the RPM binaries? Is there a way > to upgrade the binaries using an RPM file (rpm-<version>.rpm) or building > from source is the only option? If I built the binaries from source, will > the RPM database be reinitialized to an empty DB? > > BTW I'm upgrading from RPM v3.x to 4.x. > > I'd appreciate any information.
It is safe to upgrade RPM binaries via RPM -U. From 3.x to 4.x I think you should do an rpm --rebuilddb afterwards to recreate old dbformat to the new one. -- Deds Castillo Infiniteinfo Philippines http://www.infiniteinfo.com Hiroshima '45, Chernobyl '86, Windows 95/98/2K _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
