i decided to test this for you with a really simple pointless rpm called test. the pointless rpms i built are: test-2-1.rhel4.i386.rpm test-1-1.rhel4.i386.rpm each have the following for %pre, %post, %preun, %postun %pre echo "pre is $1" echo "package is 1" %post echo "post is $1" echo "package is 1" %preun echo "preun is $1" echo "package is 1" %postun echo "postun is $1" echo "package is 1" (where package version 2 says 'package is 2') results: [root@localhost i386]# rpm -i test-1-1.rhel4.i386.rpm pre is 1 package is 1 post is 1 package is 1 [root@localhost i386]# rpm -i test-2-1.rhel4.i386.rpm pre is 2 package is 2 post is 2 package is 2 [root@localhost i386]# rpm -q test test-1-1.rhel4 test-2-1.rhel4 [root@localhost i386]# rpm -e test-1-1.rhel4 test-2-1.rhel4 preun is 1 package is 2 postun is 1 package is 2 preun is 0 package is 1 postun is 0 package is 1 [root@localhost i386]# On Wed, 2007-06-06 at 16:29 +0200, Sebastien BLAISOT wrote: > Hi there, > > Just a question : > > If I have multiple instances (with, say, different versions) of a > package installed and uninstall them with a single rpm command, what > value will the preun and postun scripts receive as an argument ? > > for example, say I installed foobar-1.0-1 and foobar-1.1-1 (whith no > conflict as foobar-1.0 installs in a different directory than > foobar-1.1) and issue the following command : > rpm -e foobar-1.0-1 foobar-1.1-1 > > which argument will receive the preun and postun scripts of each package. > > will foobar-1.0-1 get 1 and foobar-1.1-1 get 0 or will they both receive 0 ? > > thanks in advance, > -- Hiren Patel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This e-mail and its contents are subject to the Telkom SA Limited e-mail legal notice available at http://www.telkom.co.za/TelkomEMailLegalNotice.PDF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
