Ugly hack: have a newer (but empty) version of A require B. On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 12:13:45PM +0200, Lior Kaplan wrote: > Hi, > > Yet another RPM problem... > > I have an RPM install (lets call it A). I want another RPM to replaces it > (lets call it B). > > I've tried the Debian way [0] for this situation: > RPM B provides A and obseletes A in the same time. > > Which is similar to what I found on fedora [1]. > > The idea is that while the removal of A, it sees another RPM provides it, > and thus runs the preun and postun as in an upgrade and not as in a > complete removal. > > Saddly, this doesn't happen, and A pre/post uninstall scripts run for a > complete removal. > > Any other suggestions? I didn't find helpful info in Google or at > http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/drafts/rpm-guide-en/ > > Thanks. > > > [0] > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch-pkgs.en.html#s5.9.3 > [1] > http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/drafts/rpm-guide-en/ch-dependencies.html#id2952568 > -- > Lior Kaplan -- Dan Kenigsberg http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~danken ICQ 162180901
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