On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Maayan Eshed wrote: > Hello. > I am interested to know what is the official sdandard aproach to > package-obsolition? > If package a.rpm obsoleres b.rpm should a demand the removal of b to install ? > I tried to look in docs but its not allwasy consistent with what > actually happens. > Regards - > Ma'ayan. > Hi Ma'ayan, In the spec file you add a line: Obsoletes: N Or better: Obsoletes: N flag E:V-R Where flag is <, <=, =, >= or > and E:V-R is the Epoch Version and Release. RPM when installing or upgrading this new package will add an erase element to the transaction that erases the obsoleted package if the Obsolete line matched a package on the system. Cheers...james > > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list > > > ---- This message has been scanned by BitDefender and found to be clean. _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
