RE: [Yum] deploying and maintaining linux networks howto

[seth vidal <skvidal phy duke edu>]

On Wed, 2003-04-23 at 20:57, Martinez, Carlos R wrote:
> So I have a custom RPM or two that I normally need to "--force" to
> install/update due to it is overwriting a file that is owned by another RPM.
> Basically I have custom NIC drivers that I've created RPM packages for and
> they need to override the drivers that are installed by default by the
> kernel RPM packages.
> 
> Any suggestions??
> 

oh, no. --force is BAD BAD BAD in general and yum does not and will not
support such options in the foreseeable future.

if you want to break your dependencies feel free, but don't expect
things to work sanely afterward.

-sv