Re: post post installation hook

[Michael Jennings <mej kainx org>]

On Friday, 08 September 2006, at 13:41:42 (+0200),
Lars Wilke wrote:

> i stumbled upon the following situation:
> 
>    1. Installed package A
>    2. Update package A with a newer Version B
>    3. oops :)

I'm confused by your lettering.  Use of "A" and "B" would tend to
indicate that "B" is a package with a different name, SRPM, etc. from
package "A".  However, it's also possible you meant that "B" is a
newer version of package "A" (which is confusing).  Which did you
mean?

If upgrading package A version 1 to version 2 deletes a user, the most
likely culprit is that the %preun or %postun scriptlet is poorly
written so as to fail to take into account the $1 parameter during an
upgrade.  See the following URL:

http://wraptastic.org/maxrpm/max-rpm.html#s2-rpm-rw-build-finishing-touches

Read the Creating (Un)Install Scripts sections vary carefully, paying
close attention to any mention of "$1" or the scriptlet "argument."

Michael

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