On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 9:47 AM, Fernando Nasser <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > Why are you creating these directories in %post in the firs place? > > If you create them in %install (empty) and own them regularly in %file and > do the same on > the other packages that install thins on it, they will be properly removed > when the last > RPM that owns them go away. > > Regards, > Fernando > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mark Bidewell" <[email protected]> > > To: "Development discussions related to Fedora" < > [email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 9:11:54 AM > > Subject: Yum Package Remove Order > > > > > > I have been working on packaging software into RPMs for my company. > > These RPMs create directories in %post into which dependent RPMs > > install components. If I yum remove the main package it will be > > erased first by yum prior to erasing the dependent packages. When > > the uninstall scripts for the dependent packages run, they may fail > > due to files and directories being missing that they expect from the > > main package leaving things in an inconsistent state. Is this a bug > > or known behavior we need to account for in some way? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > -- > > Mark Bidewell > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/markbidewell > > > > -- > > devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > -- > devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > I was not aware of %install(empty) where can I find some documentation? Thanks -- Mark Bidewell http://www.linkedin.com/in/markbidewell
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