On Jul 15, 2004 at 09:35, Dan Barnes in a soothing rage wrote: >How can I determine if a rpm file should be >added to the system with an INSTALL (-ivh), >UPDATE (-Uvh) or a FRESHEN (-Fvh)? I use 'rpm -ivh' for kernel installs only. I use 'rpm -Fvh' for everything else. If this does not install the rpm, I would then use 'rpm -Uvh' depending on whether I really needed wanted the rpm installed. [...] >I have tried to use up2date to add the >rpm files to the system, but, I could >not figure out how to make up2date use >local files and not go out on the network. You need to amend your /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources. You will need something like: ### a local directory full of packages ### format dir my-Fedora-stuff /downloads/DOWNLOADS/RPMS/FEDORA/ HTH N.Emile... -- Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org) Switch to: http://www.speakeasy.net/refer/190653 Idleness is the holiday of fools. 12:37:59 up 17 days, 5:53, 4 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
