Posted May 3, 201410 yr I have been reading up on how to make redhat RPMs. So far, I get them, but for what I am trying to do, I am not sure if it will work. I have used rpmbuild command to include one file. It does not have to compiled, that is, go through the %prep, %build, and %install stages. Once the package is built, I want to install it onto another system so that the file in the rpm package will overwrite the one on the system, i.e., update it. It should be noted that the system that the rpm is being installed on has software that was not originally installed using an RPM, so I do not think an rpm -u command will work. I am really confused, because I don't think an RPM can be used in this way, but my superiors say it can be. Thoughts? Continue reading...
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