On Sun, Dec 24, 2000 at 09:43:02AM +1100, Dave Kempe wrote:
> > mount /mnt/cdrom
> > > rpm -FUvh /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/*
> > > reboot
> > >
> > > (What the "F" does is "Only upgrade if the package is already
> > installed")
> > > You also find that rpm will take an __age__ to generate the
> > dependiences file.
> >
> > If he's at the point where forward compatibility for rpms was broken
> > this won't work, surely.
>
> Surely they have fixed the upgrade option in the installer.
> I have never tried it but I'd swear there is an upgrade option in the
> installer for Redhat.
> Wouldn't that be the better way?
>
No!
All the "upgrade" option does is update the base, and install the standard RPMs over
what you already have.
CVS Enlightenment running? Stiff! RH Upgrader runs right over it. :-(
> dave
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