Re: RPM difference between -I and -U

[Robin Cragg <robin cerbernet co uk>]

This is the easiest way. I chose bind as my example RPM, but obviously you 
need to change it to yours....

if [ `rpm -q bfind 2>/dev/null | wc -l` -gt 0 ] ; then echo "already 
exists" ; else echo "new install" ; fi

Obviously you can replace the two echo statements with your rpm commands 
and anything else you want to do.


Robin

At 11:16 AM 29/01/02 -0500, you wrote:
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> OK, here's our problem.  We have a software package installed at some
> customers sites.  We send them new releases every now and then.  During the
> setup for the new release we need to do:
>
> if (this is an upgrade)
>         Do some stuff
> elseif (this is a new install)
>         Do some other stuff
> endif
>
> How can I do this with RPM.  $1 is always 1, because the package name is the
> same when we do a new relase, the versions just change.  How can I do this?
> Can we tell if RPM was called with -I or -U, or is there a better way?
>
> Mike.
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