FC3 rpm behavior change
Michael Schwendt
fedora at wir-sind-cool.org
Sat Oct 30 09:15:31 UTC 2004
On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 01:20:58 -0600, Dax Kelson wrote:
> The FC3 Release Notes say:
>
> =============
> RPM's default behavior regarding file conflicts in Fedora Core 3 has
> changed. In the past, file conflicts (where a file from one
> already-installed package also appears in a package that is to be
> installed) caused the installation of the package containing the
> conflicting file to abort.
>
> In Fedora Core 3, RPM will ignore such conflicts, and the package
> installation will proceed, overwriting any conflicting files from
> previously-installed packages.
> ============
>
> What's the rationale for this?
So, --force is default now? :-O
Above text was not included in FC3 Test3. I find it strange to hear
about such changes after a freeze.
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