[Novalug] F12 delta rpms

[Beartooth]

On Tue, 29 Dec 2009, James Ewing Cottrell 3rd wrote:

> Even then, with kernels, and other places where you "know" that 
> this the first and only install, -U works as well as -i.
>
> So why does -i even exist? Historical?
>
> The only reason I can think of is where you want multiple and 
> overlapping versions to exist. Perhaps this might be 32 and 64 
> bit versions of a library, with the identical man pages or 
> /usr/share files.
>
> In fact, -i might be *required* for delta RPMs. I'm just 
> guessing tho.

 	I've been using -i only in cases where there is nothing 
already there to Update -- like adding Opera to a fresh install. 
Is that bad?

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Beartooth Staffwright, Erstwhile Historian of Tongues
Sclerotic Squirreler, Double Retiree, Linux Evangelist