Benno Senoner wrote:
>
> On Fri, 24 Dec 1999, Prasanth Kumar wrote:
> > I just burned all the update RPMS to a cdrom and then do a "rpm -F" which
> > "freshens", or
> > updates only the previously installed packages.
> >
>
> Is this rpm -F 100% safe ?
>
> Is there a way to upgrade all rpms without the need of installing all updates
> in right orders.
>
> What would be the right procedure to apply all redhat-updates in one shot ?
> Do I need to use the --nodeps flag , it yes could it lead to problems ?
>
> is rpm -F * enough ?
>
> If this is true then making a "service pack would becoume very easy"
> just tar all updated rpms into an archive and supply a
> "install" script which calls rpm -F
>
> any thoughts ?
Just two of them: think about kernel (it's upgrading procedure is a bit complicated)
and about packages compiled for different processors (e.g. gzip-...-i386,
gzip-...-i586 etc).
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