Updating to F7: how does the installer know where put an app?

[Kam Leo]

On 6/6/07, Michael Klinosky <mpk2 at enter.net> wrote:
> When I put F7 on my primary machine, I want to upgrade (not 'new
> install') so I don't have to recreate my system.
>
> But, I'm concerned about one of my applications (Firefox). The reason
> for my concern: Recall, from a few months ago, that I upgraded my FC6
> install of Firefox 1.5 to ver 2, _and_ put it into /usr/local.
>
> Will the installer look at that, and put the new Firefox there? Or, will
> it not care, and put it in its default location?
>
> If the former, what did I have to do to tell it to use the one in
> /usr/local?

If you installed Firefox from a tarball the installer and rpm will not
be aware of it's existance. If you used an rpm package there should
not be a problem.