Michael, I only used in %post section myself, I cannot see a reason why it should not work in %pre section. You will have to experiment :). Ivan On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 7:52 AM, Hebenstreit, Michael <michael.hebenstreit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks - does that also work in "%pre"? because I want to have the new package "rpm -F ..." fail, before it messes anything up > > Michael > > -----Original Message----- > From: rpm-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpm-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ivan > Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 2:48 PM > To: General discussion about the RPM package manager > Subject: Re: building a package that can not be upgraded > > Michael, > > RPM may contain a conditional statement in %post section that can differentiate between install and upgrade|update commands. > > %post > if [ "$1" = "1" ]; then > # installing new package ( not upgrading ) install file .... > > elif [ "$1" = "2" ]; then > # will be executed with rpm -Uvh or yum upgrade is used. > ... > > else > > Kind regards, > > Ivan. > On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 3:17 AM, Hebenstreit, Michael <michael.hebenstreit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Is there an easy way to create a package that throws an error when >> trying to upgrade? Aka rpm -i should work, rpm -F/-U should not >> >> >> Thanks >> Michael >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Rpm-list mailing list >> Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list > > > > -- > Ivan Teliatnikov > ----------------------- > e-mail: ivan.teliatnikov@xxxxxxxxx > моб: +7 90609 30 268 ( in Russia ) > mob: +61 402 173 179 (in Australia ) * > ICQ: 413687763 > Skype: ivan.teliatnikov > VoipCheap: storozhsergeich_voipcheap > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list -- Ivan Teliatnikov ----------------------- e-mail: ivan.teliatnikov@xxxxxxxxx моб: +7 90609 30 268 ( in Russia ) mob: +61 402 173 179 (in Australia ) * ICQ: 413687763 Skype: ivan.teliatnikov VoipCheap: storozhsergeich_voipcheap _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
