Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3785 mails)

[Vic Ayres <vic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 01 October 2003 13:17 pm, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
> On 10/01/2003 01:47 PM, Jim Norton wrote:
> >Now I am downloading the files at my max bandwidth from the local
> > university here.. it's awesome. Question though.. I am using the "one
> > directory" method for updating KDE using yast -i *.rpm
>
> Better is to use rpm -Fvh *.rpm, which will only update the packages you
> have installed, plus any needed for dependencies.
>
Hmm, I wonder. I've seen that suggested quite a few times. But, I've never 
understood why -F would also install needed dependencies. man rpm states of 
rpm -F 
This will upgrade packages, but only if an earlier version currently exists.

rpm -U however "upgrades or installs" the package(s). As, IME, bits of KDE 
tend to wander around among different releases, and as I've never had 
problems using rpm -U (with KDE), I await more more convincing evidence on 
why rpm -F is better.

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Vic Ayres