tlug: RPM usage

[Totoro <riley@example.com>]

>>>>>> "Alan" == Alan B Stone <stoneab@example.com> writes:
>
>    Alan> I did a very brave thing (read possibly stupid).  I re-read
>    Alan> the RPM Manager commands I decided to use the rpm -ivh
>    Alan> --replacefiles rh-motif-devel*.
>
>Nah, this just qualifies you as one who knows enough to use a command
>like that.  Anyway, if it doesn't work, you soon will know enough
>about it :-)
>
>Suggestion: use the information command to RPM to ask the package what
>files it installed.  See if it overwrote anything in the X
>distribution, and if so, what.  Such overwriting will probably not
>break X (very badly).

There are some instances when this procedure can be hazardous, but I
seriously doubt that Motif would be the case. Something like a gcc
update: might want to reconsider using "replacefiles" then. YMMV.

BTW, if you want to read more on using RPM, I have the ps file of
the book Maximum RPM. It probably doesn't have all the stuff that's
in the commercial version, but it has more than enough for me. If
anyone wants to have a copy, you can get it from:

ftp://ozumo.clat.hi-tech.ac.jp/pub/MaximumRPM-free.a4.ps.gz

FWIW,

David

Hachinohe Institute of Technology
88-1, Myo, Ohbiraki  Hachinohe-shi  Aomori-ken  031

http://w3.clat.hi-tech.ac.jp


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