Bob Nielsen wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 09:33:11AM -0400, Mike Badger wrote:
> > The simplest way to upgrade is the to run win4lin-install as root. Let
> > the installer go online and check for updates. It will first get a new version
> > of the installer, and then it will check and retrieve the latest win4lin rpm.
> >
> > If you have the rpm, you need to rpm -e Win4Lin, and then
> > rpm -i New-Win4Lin-rpm-name.rpm.
>
> Wouldn't 'rpm -U New-Win4Lin-rpm-name.rpm' do the same thing in a single
> step? From the man page for rpm:
>
> rpm -U [install-options] <package_file>+
>
> This upgrades or installs the package currently installed
> to the version in the new RPM. This is the same as
> install, except all other version of the package are
> removed from the system.
>
> Bob
Bob,
The Win4Lin RPMS aren't designed to use the 'rpm -U' method for
updating the Win4Lin installation. Because of this, the package is not
always updated correctly, which can lead to not being able to use
Windows. Thus, we recommend using 'rpm -e' then installing the new
rpm with 'rpm -i'.
Regards,
Amanda
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Amanda Owens
Support Engineer
NeTraverse, Inc.
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