On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, ne... wrote: > On Jan 27, 2004 at 13:46, Matt H. in a soothing rage wrote: > > >Hi guys > > > >I'm trying to upgrade freetype to enable support for the bytecode > >interpreter by changing the SPEC and rebuilding the source rpm. FedoraNews > >suggests to use the "--replacefiles" option with the rebuild command since > >it's upgrading to the same version number. This just gives me "package > >freetype-2.1.4-5 is already installed". > > > >What would be the better option (for RPM DB integrity etc.): Use > >"--replacefiles" & "--replacepkgs" or use "--force"? > Then try --replacepkgs. Since you have no conflicts or > dependency problems, I guess you can use --force as a > last resort "--force" is simply equal to "--replacefiles --replacepkgs" and you will need both if you're going to reinstall a same version of the package. - Panu -
