Re: determining target name and version in a trigger

[Jeff Johnson <n3npq nc rr com>]

Lars Damerow wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I'm trying to build an RPM for a kernel module that can rebuild itself when the
> kernel is upgraded. Using a trigger is the obvious choice, but the process
> would be made much cleaner if the trigger script could determine to which
> version the triggering package is being upgraded.
>
> Is there a sanctioned way of doing this?
>  

With rpm-4.2.1, you should be able to access the database from the 
trigger script, so all that is needed
is extracting the correct package from the results of a query.

Note that 2 kernel packages will be installed when the trigger runs, rpm 
does install before erae.

A more portable solution will require you to script your own test.

73 de Jeff