[NCLUG] Downgrade RPM?

[Sean Reifschneider]

On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 11:36:30AM -0600, BJ Tiemessen wrote:
>Don't forget you will have to force the old version.  "rpm -Uvh --force

Never, ever, use --force.  If you have to use --force, something is
probably wrong and you will probably --break it.  I'm convinced that a lot
of the problems people have with RPMs and their systems getting wedged are
because they used --force to install packages they really shouldn't have.

As Stephen says in his reply, --oldpackage is what you want in this
situation.  --force turns off too many other things, and will not warn you
about other problems that may exist with the package install.  For example,
if you did "-i" instead of "-U", the force will cause it to not warn you
about the impending issues.

Please, don't use --force, and in particular don't off-handedly recommend
it's use.  It causes way more problems than it solves.

Sean
-- 
 I hear a cow jack-knifed on the Harley Memorial Bridge...  There was milk
 everywhere.  -- Stephanie, _Newhart_
Sean Reifschneider, Member of Technical Staff <jafo at tummy.com>
tummy.com, ltd. - Linux Consulting since 1995: Ask me about High Availability