On Jul 15, 2004 at 17:58, Jonathan Rawle in a soothing rage wrote: >Dan Barnes 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)? >> > >In almost all cases you can use -Uvh >This will upgrade an existing package OR install it if it isn't already >installed. Do _NOT_ use this for kernel installs/upgrades. _Always_ use 'rpm -ivh'. >The only time I use -Fvh is when I have downloaded a large number of RPMs >(such as a new KDE version) but only want to install the new versions of >packages I already have. > >The one occasion when -ivh might be a good idea is kernel upgrades. There is no 'might' about this. It _is_ the way to proceed. The simple reason is that the kernel you are running has proved to bootable. If you upgrade (-Uvh|-Fvh) and that kernel does not boot, you may have to go thru a lot to get a bootable on your system. Depending on the level of expertise of the user, this can be a daunting taks, >This >will leave the old kernel in place too in case the old one doesn't boot. >I don't really see the point of this command in other contexts as surely >files from the old and new version of a package will conflict? Not in all cases. For instance different versions of python or db can exist installed on a machine. It all depends on how the software is packaged. N.Emile... -- Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org) Switch to: http://www.speakeasy.net/refer/190653 The last vestiges of the old Republic have been swept away. -- Governor Tarkin 15:36:39 up 17 days, 8:51, 4 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
