Hi Paul,

Thank you  for your replay.
Smart upgrade only upgrades packages that is currently installed. It
doesn't install new packages nor remove unwanted packages.
Is that not true?

Thanks,
Tarek


On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Paul Eggleton <paul.eggle...@linux.intel.com
> wrote:

> Hi Tarek,
>
> On Wednesday 08 January 2014 12:52:42 Tarek El-Sherbiny wrote:
> > I have several targets deployed in multiple sites. Each target might  be
> > running  a different version of the product rootfs image. When I release
> a
> > new rootfs image I would like to use the smart command on each target at
> > the customer site to upgrade the software to the latest image. Going
> > through each package and install it separately is inefficient way of
> > handling the upgrade and I don't expect the customer to have the
> knowledge
> > for doing so.
> >
> > What we really need is a smart command to compare the latest rootfs image
> > and install, remove or un-change packages based on what is currently
> > installed.
> >
> > Can the smart command achieve that or do I need to write my own script?
>
> Isn't this the same question you asked the other day? i.e., this is "smart
> upgrade".
>
> Cheers,
> Paul
>
> --
>
> Paul Eggleton
> Intel Open Source Technology Centre
>



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*Tarek*
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