Re: rpm -U odd behavior

[Tim Mooney <mooney dogbert cc ndsu NoDak edu>]

In regard to: rpm -U odd behavior, marks said (at 12:35pm on Feb 9, 2007):

> During the upgrade process the echo commands revealed that the %pre and
> %post scriptlets for version 1.45 ran first followed by the %preun and
> %postun scriptlets for version 1.44!  This, to me, is completely
> backwards.

Perhaps, but it's also completely documented behavior, and it has been
this way for years.

Search the net for "Maximum RPM", which is an outdated guide to RPM that
still has lots of relevant bits.  The bit on how to detect and handle
upgrades in your %post and %postun scripts is in there.

I know it can be tough to get started with RPM, but reading that document
and asking questions here will help.

Tim
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