On 15/07/11 19:28, Andrew Z wrote:
> Hello,
>   i just got curios (google is not helping me @ the moment)...
> What is the right way to handle versions of the files during
> installation and removal of the rpm?
> Example:
> ls -l ./
> <no files>
>
> rpm -uhv   lib_andrew-123.rpm:
>   lib_andrew.so ->  lib_andrew.so.123
>
> rpm -uhv   lib_andrew-456.rpm:
>    lib_andrew.so ->  lib_andrew.so.456
>
> ls -l ./
>   lib_andrew.so ->  lib_andrew.so.456
> lib_andrew.so.123
>
> now, what if i want to remove version 123 ???
>
> Andrew
>

You need to have your SPEC file create the symlinks in the buildroot so 
that they are a part of the package, i.e, the symlinks are owned by the 
rpm package. Then when you uninstall or update the package rpm will 
remove/update the symlinks for you rather than leave them dangling as 
per your example above.

Take a look in any relevant package SPEC file from the distro for 
examples of how this should be handled.