[Yum] Re: Suggestion for yum's rpm

[Dmitry S. Makovey]

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On June 25, 2003 12:18 pm, seth vidal wrote:
> > I'm talking about the package at:
> >
> > http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/download/2.0/yum-1.98-1.noarch.rpm
> >
> > (for RH9), I have not checked if the same is true for RH8.0 or previous
> > packages.
>
> well it's tagged as config file - but not tagged noreplace
> See:
> %config %{_sysconfdir}/cron.daily/yum.cron
>
> it could be tagged (noreplace) but I'm not sure if that makes more or
> less sense.
>
> comments, anyone?

<My 2c>
As a sysadmin - packages wihtout (noreplace) are real pain in the butt, as 
after update your machine goes out, unless you do manual changes etc. (config 
file structure as a rule chenges less frequently than package itself).
</My 2c>

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Dmitry Makovey
Web Systems Administrator
Athabasca University
(780) 675-6245
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