Jason Pyeron wrote: > My first instinct is to use 2 rpms. > > rpm -ivh util-permachine.rpm > rpm -Uvh software.rpm > > > > Here's how RPM performs an upgrade: > > Run %pre of new package > Install new files > Run %post of new package > Run %preun of old package > Delete any old files not overwritten by newer ones > Run %postun of old package > > > so have software.rpm obsolete the util.rpm > > > On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, Dan Trainor wrote: > >> Hello, all - >> >> I've got a wierd one here. Here's some background. >> >> I made an RPM that works perfectly. In fact, I was very proud of this >> one, since it was my first, and it actually worked. I'd like to take it >> one step further, however. >> >> This RPM contains software that our company makes. This software, as of >> yet, is first installed, and then a tech comes by and runs some other >> applications on the machine that set up information such as usernames, >> passwords, etc etc. The tools that this tech uses, for obvious reasons, >> are not left on the system after they're used. However, I'd like to >> automate the process to take the tech out of the loop, and save a bit of >> time. >> >> What I'd like to do is include these utilities that are used for setup >> inside of the RPM, but when the %post routine is ran through, I'd like >> the process to delete the utilities, which should not remain on the >> system. >> >> The utilities are machine-specific, meaning, I cannot create RPMs that >> are already set up to be placed on an individual machine - they must be >> run on the machine where the RPM is being installed. Like I said, after >> these utilities are ran in the %post routine, they should then be >> deleted, as to not remain on the machine any longer. >> >> Does anyone have any experience doing this? I guess first and foremost, >> would I list these utilities in %files? Since they won't actually >> reside on the system, I don't think they need to or should be under >> %files. However, last I recall, rpmbuild will complain if files are >> installed and not listed in the %files section. >> >> Any and all help would be appreciated, because I'm sure that this is not >> part of any "normal" procedure. >> >> Thanks! >> -dant >> Jason - It looks like that would work. However, software.rpm would need to be installed prior to util-permachine.rpm, because util-permahcine.rpm would be configuring based on the contents of software.rpm. Any idea how I might go about this? Thanks! -dant
