Get the command in the rpm spec

[Zheng, Wendy]

I also notice an little issue in the rpm document about the “rpm -U” command http://fedoranews.org/alex/tutorial/rpm/1.shtml:
Note that the "-U" Upgrading option simple removes the old and installed package, then install the new one.

The “-U” option installs the new package first and then removes the old ones. Refer to the man:
This upgrades or installs the package currently installed to a newer version.  This is the same as  install,  except  all  other
       version(s) of the package are removed after the new package is installed.

Thanks,
Wendy



From: rpm-list-bounces at lists.rpm.org [mailto:rpm-list-bounces at lists.rpm.org] On Behalf Of Zheng, Wendy
Sent: 2013年11月27日 13:29
To: Greg Swift
Cc: General discussion about the RPM package manager
Subject: RE: Get the command in the rpm spec

Thanks for your feedback, Greg.

I agree that looks odd. A package was supposed to support multiple version first, and now wants the user can only install one version.

Maybe removing the version# in the installation path is the best solution to implement the only one instance limitation.

Thanks,
Wendy



From: Greg Swift [mailto:gregswift at gmail.com]
Sent: 2013年11月27日 12:10
To: Zheng, Wendy
Cc: General discussion about the RPM package manager
Subject: Re: Get the command in the rpm spec


On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 9:55 PM, Greg Swift <gregswift at gmail.com<mailto:gregswift at gmail.com>> wrote:

d) if your weren't using a versioned directory the -i would break because the filename would be the same, and thus the packages would conflict.

So I'd like to retract this.  in your case it doesn't happen.  Its seems to only care about binaries and libraries? not sure what the logic on that is.
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