[Rpm-maint] Pretrans scriptlets and file conflicts

2012-09-28 Thread Michael Schroeder
Hi Panu et al, I just noticed that pretrans scriptlets get run before the file dispositions are calculated. Isn't that a bit dangerous? It means that pretrans scriptlets get run even if the transaction isn't run at all because of a file conflict. Cheers, Michael. -- Michael Schroeder

Re: [Rpm-maint] Pretrans scriptlets and file conflicts

2012-09-28 Thread Panu Matilainen
On 09/28/2012 02:58 PM, Michael Schroeder wrote: Hi Panu et al, I just noticed that pretrans scriptlets get run before the file dispositions are calculated. Isn't that a bit dangerous? It means that pretrans scriptlets get run even if the transaction isn't run at all because of a file conflict.

[Rpm-maint] Feature Request: Optional semantics

2012-09-28 Thread Roy A. Gilmore
I would like to see the following dependency tag(s): Optional: Optional(): The "Optional:" dependency tag would be used to describe a situation where a package is not required, but, if it is installed, has an EVR (Epoch-Version-Revision) dependency. Useful for (among other things) a loosely