At 4:05 PM +0100 6/3/07, Timothy Murphy wrote: >Paul Osunero wrote: > >> But, one thing that has worked for me in the past was to do something >> along the lines of.... >> >> 1. Download the DVD. >> 2. Mount the DVD iso on a loop device. >> 3. Go to the directory containing all the RPMs >> 4. Run "rpm -Fvh *rpm". >> >> There may be a few dependency issues to work around...and or some order >> dependent stuff. But it becomes fairly obvious. > >Have you really tried this? >It seems to me almost certain to fail. >Also it is going to take forever to check all the rpms, >and I would be amazed if there were not dozens of inconsistencies. He claims to have done it. It should mostly almost work. AIUI, "--freshen" won't handle packages that are renamed. "--aid" might also be useful. -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
