rpm -- cleaning up conflicting stray files in %pre ineffective?

[Martin Langhoff]

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 6:16 PM, Martin Langhoff
<martin.langhoff at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am dealing with cleaning up after a really misbehaved package

to clarify a couple of points that may not be clear...

 - I already have new package that installs files sanely

 - I am trying to provide %pre that cleans up the mess before the
install to protect early users from pain...

If it is absolutely not doable, I can pull out the cleanup code to an
external script, and make a release note saying "run the script".
However, users don't read release notes.

btw, the package spec file is here - follow the link and burn your
eyes... http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=projects/xs-config;a=blob;f=xs-config.spec.in;h=006af0fa0fe9ef528f054b72d29ef569e54a1d67;hb=HEAD

cheers,


m
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