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 > -- /------------------------------------+-------------------------\ |Stephen J. Gowdy, SLAC | CERN Office: 32-2-A22| |http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~gowdy/ | CH-1211 Geneva 23 | | | Switzerland | |EMail: [log in to unmask] | Tel: +41 22 767 5840 | \------------------------------------+-------------------------/