Here's my dilemma (maybe I'm taking the wrong approach)...
In the spec file for 'mypackage', I want to have a shell script as part of the %post
that does something based on the version of _another_ of my (already installed) packages
in pseudo code:
%post
VER=`rpm -q other_package --queryformat'%{VERSION}'
if VER > 1.2 then
do something
else
do something different
fi
The trouble is that the RPM (or the version on my target (V4.0)) doesn't
allow me to run rpm when rpm is already running (trying to install my package)
It complains about the database, etc. (I'm omitting the actual error response
because I don't think it will help.
Its probably rpm protecting itself. In my case the 2nd running is effectively
read-only, but rpm doesn't care about that.
I can't really make it a 'dependency' on a version because I'd like the
%post to make an intelligent decision.
Am I doing this wrong? Is there a better way? Do I need a newer 'rpm'?
Am I out of luck?
TIA
Fulko
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