I think you have the right idea. Using some simple bash in your %pre section, check to see if the file is there, if it is, move/remove it. James S. Martin, RHCE Contractor Administrative Office of the United States Courts Washington, DC (202) 502-2394 rpm-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx wrote on 06/17/2004 11:32:14 AM: > Trying to build an RPM. I have a spec file that works fine, except: > > I have a file that conflicts with an already-installed version that's > part of another package. > > I want to include the file, but not if it is there already. I need as > well to make sure the dependency is listed, even if my package doesn't > own the file. > > for the first part, I tried a %config(noreplace), but of course as the > file is not part of a previous version... > > Rather stuck. I could put some conditional in the install: bit of the > Makefile, but I suppose rpm will not "do the right thing". > > I could as well move it out of the way in %pre and restore it in %post, > but that wouldn't be right either... > > > Is this list searchable somewhere? I'm sure this has been answered > before, but I couldn't find it. > > Any help or comments most welcome. > > Yan > > > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
