Re: handling removal of shared file

2008/7/17 Victoria Muntean <vikimun gmail com>:

[cross post rpm-list redhat com, usenet group linux.redhat.rpm ]

I have 3 specfiles for 3 [somehow related] packages, A, B, C.

All 3 specfiles include same configfile /etc/abc_common.cfg.
When I remove package C, rpm -e removes file /etc/abc_common.cfg,
even though A and B are still installed. This breaks packages A and B.

I my humble opinion it is a bad RPM practice to have +1 package with the
same config file. In effect i am pretty sure you haven't marked them in the SPEC as %config,
because the RPM rule will not permit the installation of the second RPM. So the beaviour you describe
it is not due to RPM.

JMHO, YMMV

Viki

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