[fedora-india] How to write spec file with upgrade option?

[Syam]

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Shakthi Kannan <shakthimaan at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> --- On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Syam <syamcr at gmail.com> wrote:
> | Except that rpm command is way faster and simpler than the graphical
> methods
> | or yum. For installing stand-alone RPMs (i.e. without needing any
> automatic
> | dependency resolution),
> \--
>
> If you change the state of the system with manual installation, it is
> your responsibility. You have been advised not to.
>


One doubt.. If I install an RPM manually, and later when I run "yum update",
won't it recognize the package and update it (if updates are available from
the standard repos)?

I've installed some rpm packages manually, sometimes because I wanted to
test something before it hit the official repos. I've never observed any
inconsistency problems while doing so. I was under the impression that the
'rpm' command will also update the yum databases so everything will work
fine. Am I wrong here?

-- 
Regards,

Syam
syamcr at gmail.com
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