Re: upgrade option
On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Qin Tao wrote:
> I want to upgrade a debian package but I failed to find a option like
> "-U" in rpm. Anybody knows?
No need to look for a special option to upgrade a package :-) You only
need to do this:
dpkg -i <package_filename>
If the package was previously installed, dpkg will know this and upgrade
the relevent files. Unlike RedHat (and derivatives), just installing a
package doesn't replace every file, especially not the configuration
files. If there are specific tasks that need to be performed in order to
upgrade configuration files, the package is responsible for prompting you
or at least letting you know that a difference exists between your conf
files and the ones that it wants to install and prompt you from there as
to what to do.
> Your reply will be appreciated.
Anytime :-)
C
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