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John Summerfield <[log in to unmask]>
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John Summerfield <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:33:09 +0900
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Patrick Moelands wrote:
> 2007/11/26, John Summerfield <[log in to unmask]>:
>> rpm -i isn't that good an idea. rpm -F maybe.
>>
> 
> -F can be tricky ("Freshen").
> 
> I'd be going for a more safer road and select -U ("update").

No, you most certainly do not want -U if one's pointing at the whole 
repo, and if one follows my other advice, that's exactly the case.





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