[Yum] Problem with configuration of spec file, wish to remove old packages.

[Tim Lauridsen]

On 10/11/2009 06:59 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> Can you help me with something?
>
> YUM is 3.2.22, RPM is 4.4.2.3-9.
>
> I bundled RPM's for OpenOffice.org 3.1.1 for i386 RHEL/CentOS 5.x 
> (http://rpms.plnet.rs), but I have problems with removal of older 
> version of OpenOffice (2.3.0).
>
> I have first put together and recompiled, renamed, ... all needed rpm's.
>
> Then I created 4 (for now) virtual rpm packages:
>
> ooo3-base that depends on all core packages.
>
> ooo3-en-US that depends on ooo3-base and all en-US language packages,
> ooo3-SH that depends on ooo3-base and all SH language packages,
> ooo3-SR that depends on ooo3-base and all SR language packages.
>
> so installing one of the ooo3-<language> files will install all needed 
> packages.
>
> On CentOS with removed OpenOffice.org 2.3.0 it installs and runs 
> without problems (few months now). But default CentOS 5.x comes with 
> OpenOffice.org 2.x installed.
>
> Is there a way to REMOVE old version before installation of the new 
> one using ooo3-base spec/rpm file? I tried Obsoletes but it looks like 
> it integrates them, not removes them. I would like to avoid leaving 
> any of the older files on the system just because I was lazy to find 
> the right way.
>
> So best way would be to issue a command that will be equivalent of the 
> "yum remove openoffice..."
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ljubomir Ljubojevic
> PL Computers
> Srbobran
> Serbia
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Obsolete should be the way to go, but you have to Obsolete all the base 
openoffice.org-* packages to get them replaced with the new one. You 
also has to add some Conflict: openoffice.org-base to avoid that the 
user can install the old openoffice.org packages at a later time.

Tim