FC3 rpm behavior change
Paul Iadonisi
pri.rhl3 at iadonisi.to
Sat Oct 30 18:44:07 UTC 2004
On Sat, 2004-10-30 at 12:42, Rex Dieter wrote:
> I have to agree with the consensus shown here that this change in
> default behavior is, to put in mildly, *just plain stupid*. Please,
> please revert to previous, proper behavior, and force folks who insist
> on this broken behavior to use
> rpm --replacefiles
Agreed, wholeheartedly. Hell, why bother with rpm at all, if this is
the default. I might as well switch a DIY linux and just install from
tarball. Without an explanation, or maybe a pointer to the a discussion
on rpm-list (is that hosted at Red Hat?), this just seems like someone
was smokin' crack.
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