On 12/21/2004 2:58 PM EST, Kevin Otte wrote:
Given a directory full of RPMs, some of which are the same package, just different versions (eg: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/3/i386/ ), is there some method of deleting all but the most current version of the RPMs contained therein?
The reason for this is to put together a CD (perhaps DVD depending on size) of just the most current updates to send to someone who is still stuck out in dialup land.
Is it always the case that subsequent RPM updates of a core release can be upgraded using just the latest RPM built for that release? I seem to remember having a problem back in RH8 days of having installed foo-1.rpm, having foo-3.rpm downloaded, but needing foo-2.rpm for dependencies for foo-3.rpm. I.e., if I had a fresh install, foo-1 installed, I could not install (rpm -Uvh) foo-3 directly without installing foo-2. I don't know if that's still the case, but that might require having all the versions and letting rpm work out the dependencies from what's available. Specifically, I believe it was back in the Mozilla-1.2 days, unless memory doesn't serve.
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