Gabriel Tabares wrote, On 11/15/2010 08:05 AM: > On 11/11/2010 13:47, Gabriel Tabares wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> We currently have an issue with multiple versions of a custom package >> being installed. The RPM contains a liquibase script (a Java-based DB >> change management tool) and a %post script to run liquibase. >> >> We are installing with scripts that run "yum update liquibase-script". >> >> If the %post script runs correctly, it returns 0 and the application >> gets installed correctly but, if the %post script fails, it returns -1 >> and the application does get installed, but the old one does not get >> unistalled, so if I run "rpm -qa | grep liquibase-script" I get a list >> of all the versions that have been installed. >> >> I know that the files have been installed correctly, as the RPM contents >> have the same name but different content and I have checked it. >> >> Why is this happening? >> >> I thought that %post scripts failing do not prevent the application to >> installing and that RPM installation is atomic, so installing one >> package will remove the previous verison. Is there any way to prevent >> this issue? >> >> We're using CentOS 5.4 on x86_64 >> > Any suggestion, guys? > > Thanks > > Gabriel > The fedora folks have a pretty thorough how to: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/CreatingPackageHowTo And man package-cleanup Hope this helps. -- Todd Denniston Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter