Re: [Fedora-packaging] alternatives --force (removing an old init script)

On 03/26/2012 08:05 AM, Ricardo Rocha wrote: > > (resending after subscribing to the list) > > Hi all. > > The lcgdm packages are using alternatives, as several flavors are > provided - mysql, postgresql, ... backends. > > While trying to provide an upgrade path to some of our users taking > legacy packages - as in from other repositories, not fedora - by using > obsoletes/provides i've bumped into an issue with the upgrade of the > init scripts. The old packages are not using alternatives, so the > init.d script is an actual file, not a symlink. While upgrading to the > new fedora package (which would obsolete/provide the old ones), the > old init.d script is left there, as it's a real file. This breaks the > service as the daemon binaries are now (as they should) in /usr/sbin - > they used to go in /usr/bin. > > Debian seems to provide an option for these cases: > # man update-alternatives > """ > If some real file is installed where an alternative link has to be > installed, it is kept unless --force is used. > """ > > but i can't find anything similar in Fedora. Is there a solution other > than documenting that people should remove the old package and install > the new one in two steps? Why not just test if the target is a symlink or not prior to the update-alternatives call (and remove or rename it as you see fit, so it no longer would interfere)? -- rex -- packaging mailing list packaging(a)lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging