Source Installs and RPM Issue

[david at thekramers.net (David Kramer)]

On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Robert La Ferla wrote:

> Sometimes, I need to upgrade a core component like OpenSSL by compiling 
> the source rather than installing a new RPM.  However, there are several 
> packages like sendmail that depend on OpenSSL.  As a result, I can't 
> just 'rpm -e' the old RPM version and install the new version from the 
> source.  What is the best way to manage this?  Perhaps, the solution is 
> to build an RPM from the source and than install that instead?  I would 
> hate to have to uninstall all the RPM dependencies and then rebuild them 
> all so there has to be a better solution.

You could either install the RPM then install your compiled source on top 
of it.

Or install your compiled source and use rpm --justdb (Update only the 
database, not the filesystem.) to tell the RPM system that you've 
installed the package.


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