Re: files getting overwritten
Zac Elston <[email protected]> Fri, 9 May 2008 10:58:28 -0400
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.redhat.rpm.general |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On May 8, 2008, at 1:19 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> I'm attempting to demonstrate how RPMs will save the developer's butt >> by not allowing a file to be overwritten and during my demo, PackageB >> overwrites PackageA's file >> >> [root@webd-m01 ~]# rpm -q --whatprovides /usr/local/testfile >> psi-test-1-dev >> psi-retest-2-dev >> >> what did I do wrong? > > Nothing, as long as the file is the *same* (content, checksum, > permissions, > timestamp, etc), then it's perfectly legal to be owned by multiple > pkgs. > > $ cat psi-test/testfile ithis is from psi-test $ cat psi-retest/testfile this is from retest $ cat psi-retest/testfile |md5sum 995d311d3427b79c74090566eeadb78d - $ cat psi-test/testfile |md5sum 80e19d61c34a1879546740c1aa44625b - your serve. -zac _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list