RE: [cobalt-users] BIND update - installing using RPM_

[Brandon Wheaton <brandonw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Mike Fritsch [mailto:mfritsch@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Install like this:
> 
> rpm -U bind-8.2.3-C1.i386.rpm
> 

It is good practice to use the F (freshen) option rather 
than the U (upgrade) option when upgrading via RPM. 

rpm -Fvh bind-8.2.3-C1.i386.rpm

If you use the U switch and the rpm you are installing 
is an older version than the one being replaced, it will 
overwrite anyway.  If you use the F switch, it will check 
the version first, then upgrade if the RPM is newer than 
the installed version.  If it is older, the RPM will not 
be installed.  This is mainly to prevent the installer 
from making a mistake.  The -v stands for verbose and 
the -h is hash. Hash will show a series of ##### marks 
to indicate the progress of the installation.

Take care.

Brandon Wheaton
UNIX Systems Engineer 
ValiCert, Inc.
1215 Terra Bella Ave. 
Mountain View, CA 94043 
650.280.UNIX 

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