01-08-2013
Thanks Guys, that is really helpful but here is my issue.
I need to find away (within the package - not yum.conf) of preventing an install upgrading my package via yum install if a previous version exists.
Basically, I can have a DEV, UAT and PRD package installed on the same server at one time and they have many shared files so upgrading DEV, would break UAT and PRD at the older version. My preference would be for it to abort and advise that all packages need to be removed (DEV/UAT/PRD) before the new version is installed.
Is there an easy way to achieve this? Can I just do an rpm -qa packagname and exit 1 in the pre section or is there a simpler way?
Alternatively, is there a way in the spec file to ensure that if I upgrade DEV, that UAT and PRD get updated at the same time.
Thanks for everyone's help.
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LEARN ABOUT CENTOS
yum-utils
yum-utils(1) yum-utils(1)
NAME
yum-utils - tools for manipulating repositories and extended package management
SYNOPSIS
debuginfo-install - install debuginfo packages and their dependencies
find-repos-of-install - report which repository the package was installed from
needs-restarting - report process ids that started running before they or some component they use were updated
package-cleanup - manage package cleanup, duplicates, orphaned packages and outstanding dependency problems
repo-graph - outputs a full package dependency list in dot format
repo-rss - generates an RSS feed from one or more repositories
repoclosure - reads metadata of repositories, checks dependencies and displays list of unresolved dependencies
repodiff - takes two or more repositories, returns a list of added, removed or changed packages
repomanage - manages a directory of rpm packages, returns a list of newest or oldest packages in a directory
repoquery - query yum repositories and get additional information on the them
reposync - synchronize a remote yum repository to a local directory using yum to retrieve packages
repotrack - track packages and its dependencies and downloads them
show-changed-rco - list of changes to a package Requires, Conflicts and Obsoletes data from installed to a specified rpm file
show-installed - gives a compact description of packages installed and makes use of comps groups in repositories
verifytree - verify that a local yum repository is consistent
yum-builddep - installs missing dependencies to build a specified package
yum-complete-transaction - finds incomplete or aborted yum transactions and attempts to complete them
yum-config-manager - toggle yum repositories, add new repositories and set main yum configuration options
yum-debug-dump - creates gzipped file containing information for debugging problems
yum-debug-restore - replays any transactions captured in gzipped file in yum shell
yum-groups-manager - create and edit yum's group metadata
yum-installed - print a compact package list making use of comps groups
yumdb - query or alter the yum database
yumdownloader - downloads packages from yum repositories including source RPMs
DESCRIPTION
yum-utils is a collection of tools and programs for managing yum repositories, installing debug packages, source packages, extended infor-
mation from repositories and administration.
NOTES
See respective tools for additional help for commands without a manual page
SEE ALSO
debuginfo-install(1), package-cleanup(1), repodiff(1), repoquery(1), reposync(1), repo-rss(1), show-changed-rco(1), show-installed(1), yum-
downloader(1), yum-builddep(1), yum-debug-dump(1), yum-groups-manager(1), yumdb(8), yum-complete-transaction(8)
AUTHOR
Shawn Starr <shawn.starr@rogers.com>
yum-utils August 2011 yum-utils(1)