help..

["Rajneesh Garg" <rgarg vsi stpn soft net>]

Hi all,

I am investigating rpm to find out how to upgrade from an existing version
of package to a newer version. It seems there are two options
available -U(upgrade) and -F(freshen). Both of these options first install
the newer version of the package and then delete the older version. While
deleting the older version it deletes files created by the newer version
since they have the same name.(it run the %post script of the .spec file, in
which i delete all the previous installed file)

I have searched through the documentation and news group to find out that
solution and it seems that there is no other option than either using a
script to do custom install or use -e (erase) and then -i(install).


in both the cases (upgrade and freshen), it first installs the latest
package and the uninstall previous existing package. if it first uninstalls
previous package then installs latest package then our problem will be
solved...

pls. help me how to retain my updated package in disk..

Thanks & Regards,
Rajneesh
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