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Re: Removing an RPM package from within another RPM package...



On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 05:15:21PM -0400, Russell Harrison wrote:
> On 5/10/06, Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha
> 
> >On your new A, add an "Obsoletes" tag:
> >Obsoletes: B
> 
> 
> This will burn you later.  Say you decide you do want B at a later date.  If
> you don't remember to use A you can't install B.  Also if you try and
> install something that requires B package management platforms will pull in
> A instead.  Which won't have the libraries the new package needs.
> 
> Obsoletes should only be used when package A replaces the functionality of B
> and is intended to be a complete replacement for it.

Which is the case:
"I have recently moved all components & functionality from B.rpm into A.rpm."

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lfr
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