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Re: Upgrading offline?
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2007/11/26, John Summerfield <[log in to unmask]>:
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> rpm -i isn't that good an idea. rpm -F maybe.
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-F can be tricky ("Freshen").

I'd be going for a more safer road and select -U ("update").

Regards,
Patrick

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