On Jan 24, 2005, "Sean" <seanlkml(a)sympatico.ca> wrote:
If so, is this annotation really required? I think the following
rules
accomplish the same thing:
If the currently installed version has the same missingok annotation
as is
given in the new rpm, then install each dependency only if an early
version is currently installed (handle each such dependecy like rpm -F).
Otherwise, install each dependant rpm as if it were required, (ie.
handle
like rpm -U, it must represent new functionality, or been recently made
optional).
Cool, I hadn't considered this possibility. Way to go.
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