hook into rpm install/update/deletion of any package (for etckeeper)

[Casey Dahlin]

seth vidal wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-05-19 at 14:57 -0400, Casey Dahlin wrote:
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>> Jos Vos wrote:
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>>> On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 02:35:27PM -0400, seth vidal wrote:
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>>>> May I Introduce you to yum install /path/to/some/file.rpm :)
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>>> s/install/localinstall/, or has this been changed in newer versions?
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>> I think yum has always been able to figure out if you meant localinstall 
>> when you said install. Its a crapshoot though.
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> a crapshoot?
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> It's been that way since at least the 2.6 series, I think.
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> -sv
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A crapshoot as in if there happens to be a package named fubar.rpm 
you're screwed.

--CJD