forcing RPM install order

[Philip Rowlands]

On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Klaus Steden wrote:

>Are there ways to force RPMs to install in a particular order?
>
>I've got a really messy linkage situation with 32 bits apps on a 64 bit
>system, and of the four possible permutations (A, B, AB, or BA) - only one of
>them actually works with everything.

Fix the dependencies, and rpm will do it for you. This assumes you built
the packages in the first place; if they're 3rd-party binary RPMs with
horrendous %postinstall scripts, then it'll be easier to use a kickstart
%post.


Cheers,
Phil