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Re: Running section %preun after upgrading package



On 2003-08-19(Tue) 16:19:29 +0800, Abel Cheung wrote:
> > I just added '[ $1 != 0 ] && exit 0' after my %preun section to cover the
> > non remove situation.
> 
> You might want to use [ $1 = 0 ] || exit 0 instead. In the rare case
> that no any command follows (that can be a mistake),
> '[ $1 != 0 ] && exit 0' will result in a non-zero exit status, since
> $1 != 0 , and the "exit 0" part won't be executed.

Forget it, I'm not awake yet.

Abel


> 
> Abel
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > Thank for your advice.
> > 
> > Michael
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul Nasrat [mailto:pauln@truemesh.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 7:07 AM
> > To: rpm-list@redhat.com
> > Subject: Re: Running section %preun after upgrading package
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 06:52:40AM +0200, Petereit, Michael wrote:
> > 
> > > yes, it's an upgrade. But I can see the results of section %preun at the
> > end
> > > of the setup process.
> > 
> > > So, I'm a little bit confused why this happens after the installation
> > > process finished...
> > 
> > http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/ch-rpm-upgrade.html
> > 
> > <quote>
> > If there was one RPM command that could win over friends, it would be
> > RPM's upgrade command. After all, anyone who has ever tried to install a
> > newer version of any software knows what a traumatic experience it can
> > be. With RPM, though, this process is reduced to a single command: rpm
> > -U. The rpm -U command (--upgrade is equivalent) performs two distinct
> > operations:
> > 
> >    1.  Installs the desired package.
> >    2.  Erases all older versions of the package, if any exist. 
> > </quote>
> > 
> > > But is this behavior to uninstall the old one before installing the new
> > one
> > > the default bahavior ?
> > 
> > Essentially (although in the order described above).  RPM scriplets can
> > workout whether it is in an upgrade or complete removal by checking the
> > value of $1 passed to it.  I think the issue here is possibly that the
> > preun script for your package isn't checking this (the argument
> > represents the number of mypackage packages left on the system after the
> > complete transaction, so for a removal it is 0, for an upgrade greater
> > than 0 for postun/preun).
> > 
> > > I assumed rpm is capable of making upgrades without deleting the old one.
> > 
> > No this is not the case.  An upgrade implies taking an old version and
> > replacing it with a new version.  It is possible to have multiple
> > packages installed - the kernel is the prime example of this as you
> > certainly don't want to remove a running kernel/modules whilst
> > upgrading, but for this to work the packages must be designed to  
> > 
> > Paul
> > 
> > 
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