Re: Installation

["Jeff Johnson" <n3npq jbj gmail com>]

On 6/15/07, tony chamberlain lemko com <tony chamberlain lemko com> wrote:
> Thanks I do have opposite (rpm -e instead of rpm -Uvh) matching
> but reverse in my %postun (not %preun but there are no files installed
> to uninstall other than a temp directory which the RPMs are stored
> during installation).  Also they are in reverse, which I believe is correct.
> For instance:
>
> %post
> rpm -Uvh x.rpm
> rpm -Uvh y.rpm
> rpm -Uvh z.rpm
>
> ...
> ...
>
> %postun
> rpm -e z
> rpm -e y
> rpm -e x

Technically, erasures should be the reverse of installs, yes.

I would use %preun rather than %postun for similar
symmetry reasons. Ultimately it won't matter much
for "package bundels".

You're likely better off if you just invoke rpm once
with all packages in arghlist, rather than trying to maintain some order
in the "package bundle" with single package invocations. RPM will
re-order using internal dependency information, and will handle
possible A <-> B interdependencies.

73 de Jeff