Re: --force in addInstall

Paul Nasrat <[email protected]> Sun, 6 Feb 2005 12:53:36 -0500

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.redhat.rpm.python
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On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 11:22:43PM +0800, Tsai Li Ming wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> How do I do a force install(rpm --force) via addInstall? Is there a ts 
> flag that I can set?

Yes you do this by setting the problem filter on the transaction set.
Off the top of my head IIRC --force is:

ts.setProbFilter(rpm.RPMPROB_FILTER_REPLACEPKG | 
                 rpm.RPMPROB_FILTER_REPLACEOLDFILES | 
                 rpm.RPMPROB_FILTER_REPLACENEWFILES)

Paul