On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 12:15:39PM -0500, Keegan, Gordon wrote: > I am building a package (foo) on RHAS2.1 that will replace an existing > package (bar). I would like to have the install/upgrade operation for > foo.rpm look for an existing bar.rpm and remove it if found. I have > tried putting 'rpm -qa|grep bar / rpm -e bar' in the %pre section, but > it fails (can't get lock on rpm db.) I have also tried to add an Definitely the wrong method. > "Obsoletes: bar" tag, which seems to be recognized when I build the > package, but doesn't remove bar.rpm. Simply naming the new package > bar.rpm and incrementing the version number is not an option (for > non-technical reasons.) > > Has anyone else run into this (and hopefully found a solution :) Do you install foo with -i or -U? I guess *un*installing packages is only done when doing -U. IMHO "Obsoletes: bar" is the way to go. But you might want to add "Conflicts: bar" too, to prevent both being installed when doing -i. (All suggestions just from my head, just what I would try...) -- -- Jos Vos <jos@xxxxxx> -- X/OS Experts in Open Systems BV | Phone: +31 20 6938364 -- Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Fax: +31 20 6948204 _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
