hi, i'd like to write an automated upgrade script to our packages and i'd like to know how to retrieve and order EVR's from rpm. suppose i've got packages with these EVRs: 1.2.3 1.2.4 1.2.5 1.3.0 1.3.1 1:1.4 1:1.5 from each version to the next there is a given script which should have to run (eg. update config files, database schemes etc) eg: upgrade-1.2.3-1.2.4 upgrade-1.2.4-1.2.5 upgrade-1.2.5-1.3.0 ... and there are many different server which runs different version of the given packages. some of them 1.2.3 some of them 1.3.1 and 1:1.4 and now i'd like to upgrade them to 1:1.5. so in 1:1.5's %post script i'd like to run all upgrade-x.y.z-a.b.c script in the right order. how can i do that? - i'd like to know which was the previously installed version? - i'd like to select those upgrade-x.y.z-a.b.c scripts which has to be run. - i'd like to run them in the right order. and of course simple sort is not enough what's more lexicographical order also not too useful. is there any way how can i do that with rpm? is there any tool which can help me? anything better then: rpm -q --qf "%|SERIAL?{%{SERIAL}:}:{}|%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}\n" nobody else has the same problem so far? or everybody do this manually? it can be done on a few server bug how can be done on hundreds of servers? thank you for your help in advance. yours. -- Levente "Si vis pacem para bellum!" _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list