[Yum] How to create the fake package to replace/remove/update packages

[Ljubomir Ljubojevic]

James Antill wrote:
> Ljubomir Ljubojevic <office at plcomputers.net> writes:
> 
>> I first run into problem when I wanted to easily replace old
>> OpenOffice 2.x packages with OOO 3.1.1 buy adding Obsoletes: ~. into
>> spec file, but I am not able to force yum do remove OpenOffice 2.x
>> packages.
> 
>  I assume you have obsoletes processing turn on, on the clients? What
> do you specfiles look like for the Obsoletes?
I will have to check on this, I tried this approach and then deleted it 
from spec file when it was not working.

> 
>> Now OOO has changed packages from
>>    ooobasis3.1-base-3.1.1-9420.x86_64.rpm
>> to
>>    ooobasis3.2-base-3.2.0-9483.x86_64.rpm
>> (note the change in package name from 3.1 to 3.2, so there is no clear
>> update path.
> 
>  Surely oobasis3.2 would obsolete oobasis3.1 ... no?

No as far as I tried. Its "ooobasis3.1-base" version 3.1.1 vs. 
"ooobasis3.2-base" version 3.2 so yum update will not pick it directlly, 
only via my fake package since I only changed minor version number.

Ljubomir Ljubojevic