Rollback Patches

Christian Campbell ccampbell at brueggers.com
Tue Sep 8 16:53:12 UTC 2009


> > What is the supported method for doing patch rollbacks?  I'm
> attempting
> > to upgrade some RPMs via up2date, and need a back-out strategy if it
> > breaks our core application, without having to restore from backup.
> >
> >
> >
> > I see a deprecated --rollback which once did transactional
rollbacks.
> > Is there a replacement command or method?
> 
> This article does a good job of explaining what you are trying to
> accomplish.
> 
> <http://dailypackage.fedorabook.com/index.php?/archives/17-Wednesday-
> Why-Repackaging-and-Rollbacks.html>
> 

Barry,

Thanks, but that's from 2007, and it doesn't seem that rpm-4.3.3
supports the --rollback option anymore.  Hence, why I posted my original
question...

Thanks,
Christian






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