On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 02:01:13PM +0000, Nick Murtagh mentioned:
> That's not what I was referring to... What does the old rpm that you make
> with --repackage contain? Is it identical to the original RPM that was
> installed (implying that RPM keeps originals of every file it ever
> installs :) or does it contain the current version (at the time of the
> upgrade) of each file in the original RPM? Sort of a snapshot if you
> will.
I assume it'll be snapshot. It doesn't keep a local copy of all installed
software around!
Kate
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