> > Did you try to use Obsolete tag ? > > > a couple of things about the whole thread > > 1. obsolete does not work when you're rpm -i'ing pkgs. Only rpm -U > > 2. modifying the rpmdb from a %post or %pre is an unsafe idea and prone to > causing things to "end badly". > > It depends. If Jeff tell it is possible to have an "RPM bundle" > (e.g. an rpm that install rpm(s) itself) then perhaps > it is not so unsafe in first place. I personally have written un rpm > that use yum for pull update. I think the point is not that its not do able (I've a few internal RPMs that are wrappers around closed-source install scripts that install rpms). I believe that the point is that its not safe for your rpmdb. Even with how clean we got it inside our spec's we occasionally end up with a corrupt rpmdb. Does it work to add both Conflict and Obsoletes so that if they do a `rpm -i`, it will fail? -greg _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
