What happens at rpm -U .. if any file of the package being updated has been modified? Is it left updated with a new one, or the new (modified) file is kept with new extension?
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@Rob sorry but 839 questions disagree with you https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/rpmbuild . Yes, there are more on the Unix.SE but plenty here too. – Aaron D. Marasco Oct 04 '22 at 21:08
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RPM will overwrite any files that have changed unless they are explicitly designated as "configuration" files using the %config flag. Then it will make a copy of either the new one (*.rpmnew) or the old one (*.rpmsave) based on whether or not the config file is flagged as noreplace. See this reference for more details.
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