Re: "--replacefiles" %file directive

[Jeff Johnson <jbj redhat com>]

On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 02:21:13PM -0000, Jaco Greeff wrote:
> 
> to allow the "--replacefiles" option to be excersised automatically. I could
> always use "obsoletes" for the replacement package, bvut would like a more
> generic solution since the replacement splash screen can come from a number
> of packages, I don't want to list the obsoletes in all of them to take care
> of this. I've tried to obsolete "kdelook-splash" and also provide it, but it
> still complains due to the virtual package. 
> Any ideas or comments will be appreciated.

Hmmm, rpm-4.0.4 might now Do The Right Thing with
	Obsoletes: kdelock-splash
i.e. erase any/all packages that have
	Provides: kdelock-splash

This turned out to be pretty trivial to implement, I've just forgotten
where I did the work.

Be forewarned: The above *still* does not fix your problem, as any number
of legacy versions of rpm are gonna be used to install your package,
and the traditional behavior of rpm required a package name, not a
virtual provide, in the OBSOLETENAME field.

FWIW, the legacy problem also affects your proposal as well, and can/will
require a tracking dependency for the incompatible functionality to
be usefully deployed.

73 de Jeff

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