RPM/Yum database question (was Re: gtk-sharp error during tomboy installation)

[David Curry]

Paul Howarth wrote:

> David Curry wrote:
>
>> RPM database issues come up in a variety of ways.  For some reason, 
>> Paul's response above prompted me to consider why it would not be 
>> possible or easier to edit the RPM database.  Perhaps that question 
>> came to mind today because I have been considering switching from 
>> Up2date upgrading to use of Yum and have the impression that Yum 
>> updates are also not recorded in the RPM database.
>
>
> That's not true. Yum and up2date are both front-end dependency solvers 
> for RPM. Every package installed, removed or upgraded using yum or 
> update causes an appropriate update of the RPM database.
>
> Instead of making manual edits to the RPM database (which are likely 
> to be error-prone), I prefer to roll my own RPMs for anything I build 
> locally and then install the RPM. Of course, this requires the 
> knowledge of how to build RPMs, which is quite a big thing to learn.
>
> Paul.
>
Thanks, Paul.