Rollback Patches

[Neu, Timothy]

If you are using mirrored disk, you can always break the mirror prior to
the upgrade.  If it is successful, reconnect the disk and let it resync.
If not, just boot from the disk you took out beforehand. 

Tim Neu
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-----Original Message-----
From: redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Christian
Campbell
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 11:53 AM
To: redhat-sysadmin-list at redhat.com
Subject: RE: Rollback Patches

> > 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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