Maybe --noscripts might solve the problem, or does the %postun script does something else that is useful.?
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From: rpm-list-bounces redhat com <rpm-list-bounces redhat com>
To: RPM Package Manager <rpm-list redhat com>
Sent: Tue Nov 28 19:08:59 2006
Subject: Re: workaround for broken postuninstall during upgrade?
On 11/28/06, Huttner, Michael N. <michael huttner gs com> wrote:
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> I've got an rpm installed on a large number of machines. This package has a
> defective postuninstall script (eg, "rm –f /myapp") which will remove new
> payload content in an upgrade. We need to find a creative solution which
> allows users to upgrade this broken rpm, ideally via "up2date –u myapp". Is
> there any way to provide an upgrade, combination of new packages, or trigger
> which can do this? I do not as yet know any way to prevent the bad package
> postuninstall or force the bad package to completely uninstall itself before
> upgrading with a new package.
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If you meant literally that an already deployed package is failing to
upgrade because
"rm -f /myapp" is failing in %postun, then adding
touch /myapp
to the newer packages %post will create the missing ingredient that
the already deployed package needs in order to succeed.
Otherwise you need to supply more specific details of why %postun is failing.
73 de Jeff
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