[CentOS] Old and new package version numbers during RPM update

[Anand Buddhdev]

On 28/06/15 03:06, Joseph L. Casale wrote:

Hi Joseph,

> Well normal convention would be if you replace then the old one
> gets appended with .rpmsave, if you are not replacing then the new
> one gets appended with .rpmnew.

I'm also aware of this, but it's not what I need :)

> On the other hand, check this out:
> https://www.redhat.com/promo/summit/2010/presentations/summit/opensource-for-it-leaders/thurs/pwaterma-2-rpm/RPM-ifying-System-Configurations.pdf

This is a very interesting presentation. I had no idea about trigger
scripts. I'm going to play around with them, and see if they can help me
solve my case.

Thank you for the link!

Regards,
Anand