Hello All, I have a interesting problem with rpm not sure if this is a bug. Here is the description Suppose we have 2 packages foo and bar And bar depends on foo bar ===============> foo Now while installing "bar" we have to make sure that either "foo" is already installed or is installed in the same transaction as "foo" Rpm -ivh foo bar Or Rpm -ivh bar foo While uninstalling with rpm we do the same Rpm -e foo bar Or Rpm -e bar foo The problem is that in one of the un-install script of "bar" I have to use a utility provided by "foo" So as long as "bar" is removed after "foo" things go fine Like Rpm -e bar Then Rpm -e foo But if I use Rpm -e bar foo It doesn't work as foo is removed before bar, and rpm does not through any error as the dependence is taken care (both foo and bar being removed in the same transaction). The problem is only in the *sequence of removal within the transaction*. As Rpm -e foo bar works perfectly , my question is Should rpm take care of the sequence of packages within the transaction ? Or Should this be done out of rpm and the properly sequenced package list should be provided to rpm. In that case tools like yum and apt should take care of this. On trying the same with yum Yum failed Yum remove bar While apt could removed bar with out any problem. I think the same can also happen on install of 2 packages (if the files provided by one is used in the pre install script of other) Thanks for your help Regards Chandan Dutta Chowdhury _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
