upgrade and install in the same transaction?

[Scott Rohde]

Yes, a kernel package that has dependency on other packages that we want to
use -U with.

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 10:44 AM, <Greg_Swift at aotx.uscourts.gov> wrote:

>
> >
> > We want to be able to install a large set of rpm's which may or may
> > not have dependency on each other.  We would like to be able to
> > install them all in one shot so that the dependency check and
> > ordering can be done.  However, some of the packages should be
> > 'Upgraded' while others 'installed'.
> >
> > I am not so familiar with rpm, but it looks like the CLI as it is
> > won't allow 'U' and 'i' on a per package basis in a single
> > transaction.  Looking at the rpm API seems to be no such restriction.
> >
> > I'm willing to modify the rpm CLI to allow this use case, but if I
> > do so I would like to know the chances of getting such
> > an enhancement merged into the official release?  I can work with
> > whoever is interested in defining the command line interface (I'm
> > thinking using a file format like: <full path to
> > package><delim><'i'|'U'|'e'><delim><any other package specific flags
> > that make sense>  Then just adding an option to the rpm CLI to take the
> file.
>
> Unless the ones you need to -i are special like the kernel package, you can
> just use -U on all of them.  Unlike yum, rpm will just install a package if
> you use the -U flag on it and there is nothing to upgrade.
>
> -greg
>
>


-- 
-Scott
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