On Mon, 2002-03-04 at 11:23, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 10:52:24AM -0500, Burke, Thomas G. wrote: > > > > I downloaded the .src.rpm files, did a "rpm --rebuild foo.src.rpm", > > and now have foo.rpm in my /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386 directory. How do I > > tell rpm to install/upgrade/freshen these files over the versions that are > > currently residing on my box? (i'm going from the standard 386 binaries to > > recompiled for PII binaries). > > This is done the same way you install/upgrade/freshen any other rpm. Just cd > to the /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386 directory and do an rpm -F or rpm -U. > > If the version does not appear to be newer than what was installed, you may > need to either --force the upgrade, or do an rpm -e on your existing version > and then an rpm -i on the new version.
To be clear, -F is for "Freshen". It will only update rpms already installed. -U is for "Upgrade or install if not already there". hth charles _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
