libcom_err.so.3 question: ahem, a newbie question

[Steven W. Orr]

On Tuesday, Nov 11th 2003 at 08:01 -0800, quoth Globe Trotter:

=>OK, how about the following "fix"? Or is it not a fix?
=>
=>I install the older version of krb5-workstation.... this of course gives
=>me the .so.3. Now I upgrade to the newer version using rpm -Uvh ....will
=>this not keep the old .so.3 and also allow me the newer krb5 stuff which
=>I assume would have the more recent security stuff?
=>
=>Does this make any sense?
=>
=>Thanks!
=>

If you update a new package over an old package using -Uvh then the old 
package gets deleted.

If you install a new package over an old package using -ivh and there are 
file conflicts then the install will fail.

If you have a package that contains libraries with different filenames 
than what is already installed from an older package then you can use the 
-ivh trick to have both the old and the new package installed at the same 
time with no conflict.

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