rpm -Uhv --oldpackage loses configs

[Elan Ruusamäe]

On 07.06.2016 06:33, Jeffrey Johnson wrote:
>>> I see rpm renaming modified %config files to *.rpmsave exactly as always, nothing more.
>> >
>> >But doesn't install files that were to replace them.
>> >
> Really? There is nothing in the e-mail report that indicates that files were not installed.
i said in first lines on email:

 > (pld has --downgrade alias to --oldpackage via popt)
 > downgrading from repackage lost config files,
 > i.e saved them as .rpmsave leaving original path missing

meaning that:
1. --downgrade is alias to --oldpackage
2. the files marked as %config were missing, i.e /etc/config was 
missing, only /etc/config.rpmsave present, leaving application broken
i.e renamed to .rpmsave while base config was not kept.

-- 
glen