On Monday 17 March 2003 5:35 pm, Pascal wrote: > # urpmsave --dir ~/rpmsavedir myrpmname > (before updating glibc and crashing all the system :) ) > creates a tgz of all files installed by the rpm in the specify > directory so that u can restore them in case of emergency
This would be handy if it would have options for restoring backed up rpms made in this fashion and handled doing smart things with the urpm database. A simple implementation isn't too hard, though: #!/bin/sh rpm -ql myrpmname | xargs tar cvfj ~/rpmsavedir/myrpmname.tar.bz2 > and/or better what we use on IBM AIX 'installp' package manager: > > # urpmi --apply myrpm > (which will save replaced files to some urpmi specific save directory > and apply the new myrpm version to the system) > > # urpmi --commit myrpm > (which will commit the apply, ie remove the saved files from the > apply, once the new version is sufficiently tested) > > # urpmi --reject myrpm_qualified_name_and_version > (which will uninstall files from the version applied specified and > restore files from the previous version saved from the corresponding > apply) I like this part--especially for upgrading when you're not *quite* sure if it's going to work. ;) -- Wesley J. Landaker - [EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenPGP FP: C99E DF40 54F6 B625 FD48 B509 A3DE 8D79 541F F830
