Jeff,

Is /bin/rpm's topological sorting stable?

That is, given three RPMs on the command line:

# /bin/rpm -U rpm1.rpm rpm2.rpm rpm3.rpm

are the RPMs guaranteed to be installed in that order, absent any
inter-dependencies?

If not, I assume my options to guarantee install order are:

1. Use PreReqs -- except I can't because I'm not in control of the RPMs.
2. Use --noorder
3. /bin/rpm -U rpm1.rpm && /bin/rpm -U rpm2.rpm && /bin/rpm -U rpm3.rpm

Is that about it?

Thanks,

j.