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Due to a known limitation with RPM, it is not possible to replace a directory with a symlink, nor is it possible to replace a symlink with a directory, without RPM producing file conflict errors while trying to install the package. For more information on the issues involved, refer to [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447156 bug 447156] and [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646523 bug 646523]. | Due to a known limitation with RPM, it is not possible to replace a directory with a symlink, nor is it possible to replace a symlink with a directory, without RPM producing file conflict errors while trying to install the package. For more information on the issues involved, refer to [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447156 bug 447156] and [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646523 bug 646523]. | ||
=== %pretrans workarounds === | |||
To work around this problem, you must include a [[Packaging:Guidelines#The_.25pretrans_scriptlet|%pretrans scriptlet written in lua]] that manually performs the conversion prior to RPM attempting to install the package. Please use whichever of the two following snippets is necessary in packages that need this transition, replacing <code><path to dir></code> with the path to the directory that is being converted. | To work around this problem, you must include a [[Packaging:Guidelines#The_.25pretrans_scriptlet|%pretrans scriptlet written in lua]] that manually performs the conversion prior to RPM attempting to install the package. Please use whichever of the two following snippets is necessary in packages that need this transition, replacing <code><path to dir></code> with the path to the directory that is being converted. | ||
=== Scriptlet to replace a directory with a symlink === | ==== Scriptlet to replace a directory with a symlink ==== | ||
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=== Scriptlet to replace a symlink with a directory === | ==== Scriptlet to replace a symlink with a directory ==== | ||
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Revision as of 02:57, 22 February 2014
Replacing a directory with a symlink or vice versa
Due to a known limitation with RPM, it is not possible to replace a directory with a symlink, nor is it possible to replace a symlink with a directory, without RPM producing file conflict errors while trying to install the package. For more information on the issues involved, refer to bug 447156 and bug 646523.
%pretrans workarounds
To work around this problem, you must include a %pretrans scriptlet written in lua that manually performs the conversion prior to RPM attempting to install the package. Please use whichever of the two following snippets is necessary in packages that need this transition, replacing <path to dir> with the path to the directory that is being converted.
Scriptlet to replace a directory with a symlink
%pretrans -p <lua>
st = posix.stat("<path to dir>")
if st and st.type == "directory" then
os.execute("rm -rf <path to dir>")
end
Scriptlet to replace a symlink with a directory
%pretrans -p <lua>
st=posix.stat("<path to dir>")
if st and st.type == "link" then
os.remove("<path to dir>")
posix.mkdir("<path to dir>")
end