rpm -Uhv --oldpackage loses configs

[Elan Ruusamäe]

On 07.06.2016 17:48, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> Sorry for not being precise.
>
> Yes the metadata header contains those files.
>
> Are the files in the payload?
> 	rpm2cpio *.rpm | cpio -itv
>
> If the files  are not in the payload, then they will not be installed.
yes. present:

root at glen 1465233457/1# ls -ld ../*pam**.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 333764  6. juuni 20:17 ../pam-1.1.8-8.x86_64.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  35353  6. juuni 20:17 ../pam-libs-1.1.8-8.x86_64.rpm

root at glen 1465233457/1# rpm2cpio ../*pam**.rpm | cpio -itv|grep -E 
'/etc/security/namespace.init|/etc/security/limits.conf|/etc/pam.d/system-auth'
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root         1066 Oct 11  2015 
./etc/pam.d/system-auth
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root         1824 Feb 25  2015 
./etc/security/limits.conf
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         1019 Feb 25  2015 
./etc/security/namespace.init
2511 blocks



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glen