Re: conflict? gnome updater vs. RH up2date

[Ian Peters <itp helixcode com>]

On Mon, Jul 17, 2000 at 01:26:01AM -0700, mjbjr@beaudesign.com wrote:
> 
> Where can I find the FHS "rules"?

http://www.pathname.com/fhs/

> One question(s) I have... (and I'm sorry if you have mentioned this)
> 
> I consider gtk to be a core "technology" and would probably/possibly
> update gtk via RH 'up2date'.  If I up2date gtk, then do a helix-update, I
> assume that helix-update looks at the rh 'up2date' rpm database ('rpm
> -q'?) and would only update to a newer package.  Can we say the same, if
> the process is reversed?  Will 'up2date' recognize an rpm package that has
> a helix tag?, i.e. gtk+-1.2.8-0_helix_1, and not do an update to an
> earlier package?

Yes.  Both up2date and the Helix Updater use the same backend (rpmlib),
so neither program actually carries out these operations by itself.

-- 
Ian Peters
itp@helixcode.com