Is there a "yum re-install"?

[Jim Cornette]

James Wilkinson wrote:
> Gérard Milmeister wrote:
>> You can do "rpm -e --nodeps package" and the do "yum install package"
> 
> General objection: unless the package is one that's necessary to run RPM
> or yum. If it is, then obviously the second command won't work, and your
> system is in Trouble. (If RPM won't work, it's in Big Trouble...)
> 
> James.
> 

Rpm works fine!
  The package stays installed, yum or rpm no longer knows the package 
exists. Then when you run yum install package, the files are 
overwritten, except for config files where the install scripts look for 
previous file versions. These type files will be either saved as 
filename.rpmnew or whatever the install scripts are setup to name the 
files to.

Jim

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