Re: [TCLUG:18338] openssh upgrade...

[Jon Schewe <jpschewe@eggplant.mtu.net>]

<andy@theasis.com> writes:

> > > > rpm --freshen works real good too.
> > > 
> > > yeah, that is, do
> > >         rpm -Fvh
> > > instead of
> > >         rpm -Uvh
> > 
> > Hmmm. So I'm assuming -F only install/update the package if its already
> > installed? Whupass. Ya know, RPM isn't as well documented as it could
> > be. At least in its man page. :P
> 
> No, like many man pages, it begs of, claiming that there's too much to
> document properly in that form. The book, Maximum RPM, is available free
> online (if I recall correctly, ~45M .ps file).
> 
> That's where you can learn the fancy stuff.

I don't know if this applies to rpm, but I've seen with other packages that
the info documentation is much more up to date and helpful than the man
pages.  It almost seems that people are trying to switch away from man pages
for info, or possibly html documentation, which is much like info.


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