Why is it harmful? It only updates already installed RPMs? Isn't -U and -i 
potentially more harmful?

On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Patrick Moelands wrote:

> 2007/11/27, John Summerfield <[log in to unmask]>:
>> 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.
>>
>
> But using "-F" without care can also be harmful to your system.
> You wouldn't want to do that without the proper care ;-)
>
> Regards,
> Patrick
>

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