Hi! >>>>> Joey Hess writes:
JH> What happens if you try to install version bar of a package while JH> version foo of that same package, which contains files of the JH> same name, is installed? Rpm will happily overwrite version foo's JH> files. Yes. JH> What happens if you then remove version foo? I'm not sure, it's JH> been a while ;-). It deletes all the files that belong to version foo. If they overlap with the contents of another package (or a newer package), then rpm will happily delete the overlapping files, too. Yes, this causes people grief. Yes, dpkg is better in this regard. -- Gordon Matzigkeit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> //\ I'm a FIG (http://www.fig.org/) Lovers of freedom, unite! \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/) [Unfortunately, www.fig.org is broken. Please stay tuned for details.]
