On 20 July 2010 15:21, Cameron Simpson cs@zip.com.au wrote:
So Adalbert's "rpm -e preload" advice is good advice.
It happens that nothing depends on preload (I know this because I routinely remove it from systems because it modifies binaries and that sets off annoying alerts in our integrity monitoring software).
So: yum is recommended because is makes a lot of common tasks much easier rpm is fine though, provided you are ok with its limitations; as described above - sometimes I want those limitations
The package state is kept entirely in the rpm database - it is safe, as far as the database integrity goes, to mix use of rpm and yum as suits your needs.
Please look at my response to Rudolf's post with reasons behind my statement.