Re: files getting overwritten

On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 3:17 PM, Zac Elston <[email protected]> wrote:

> Greetings.
>
> I'm attempting to demonstrate how RPMs will save the developer's butt by
> not allowing a file to be overwritten and during my demo, PackageB
> overwrites PackageA's file
>
> [root@webd-m01 ~]# rpm -q --whatprovides /usr/local/testfile
> psi-test-1-dev
> psi-retest-2-dev
>
> what did I do wrong?

I am considering from this context that PackageA=psi-test-1-dev, and
PackageB=psi-retest-2-dev. If so I think you also need %config(noreplace)
/usr/local/psi/testfile in PackageB instead of just leaving it under files.

>
>
> --specfile snippets
>
> Summary:        file overwrite test
> Name:           psi-test
> Version:        1
> Release:        dev
> install -D testfile $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/local/psi/testfile
> %files
> %defattr(644,apache,apache)
> %config(noreplace) /usr/local/psi/testfile
>
> Summary:        file overwrite test
> Name:           psi-retest
> Version:        2
> Release:        dev
> install -D testfile $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/local/psi/testfile
> %files
> %defattr(644,apache,apache)
> /usr/local/psi/testfile
>
>
>
> -zac
>
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-- 
Thanks,

Richard Shade
RightScale
http://www.rightscale.com/

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