On 15/07/11 19:28, Andrew Z wrote:
Hello,
i just got curios (google is not helping me @ the moment)...
What is the right way to handle versions of the files during
installation and removal of the rpm?
Example:
ls -l ./
<no files>
rpm -uhv lib_andrew-123.rpm:
lib_andrew.so -> lib_andrew.so.123
rpm -uhv lib_andrew-456.rpm:
lib_andrew.so -> lib_andrew.so.456
ls -l ./
lib_andrew.so -> lib_andrew.so.456
lib_andrew.so.123
now, what if i want to remove version 123 ???
Andrew
You need to have your SPEC file create the symlinks in the buildroot so
that they are a part of the package, i.e, the symlinks are owned by the
rpm package. Then when you uninstall or update the package rpm will
remove/update the symlinks for you rather than leave them dangling as
per your example above.
Take a look in any relevant package SPEC file from the distro for
examples of how this should be handled.
