Yum's database and configure, ..., make install

[JD]

On 02/25/2011 08:05 PM, Suresh Govindachar wrote:
> Hello,
>
>    On Fedora-14:
>
>    1) if I install things by "configure; make ; make test; make
>       install", will yum automatically know how the system has
>       changed?  If not, how does up update yum's database to
>       reflect the changes?
>
>    2) Similar question for perl modules (perl Makefile.PL; make;
>       make test; make install).
>
>    3) Similar question for "make uninstall"
>
>    Thanks,
>
>    --Suresh
>
The make command, the make install, and make uninstall
do not touch the rpm database at all.
So, the answer to all your questions is no.