Re: Supported versions

[ On Tuesday, March 19, 2002 at 15:32:16 (-0500), John Berninger wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: [Current-server] Supported versions
>
 > The problem with this approach is that it ends up with file conflicts
 > between the new package and the original up2date / rhn_register
 > packages.  Either that, or you're doing nasty evil stuff in the %post
 > and %preun sections to move files out of the way, then move other files
 > into place.  We looked at this option and decided the best way to deal
 > with it was to simply rebuild the RPMs.

Exactly what I'm doing :-) Still, I _personally_ prefer this
approach. Makes the package simpler for me.

I perfectly understand your objections - and probably they are valid
in most cases. Unfortunately, RPM does not provide a really clean way
to handle those situations. Room for improvement (in RPM, not
current!) IMHO.

Oh yes, BTW: Current rocks! I'll be having a little talk about current
during the next weeks here in Switzerland. I can finally counter those
Debian addicts with their apt-get with something really powerful :-)

CU, Joe