OMG - GONE! WHAT THE F!!!
READ ON... OR, TO CUT A LONG(ISH) STORY SHORT(ER), JUMP STRAIGHT TO THE
BOTTOM...
I wanted to install master-pdf-editor-5.3.16-1.x86_64
Alongside master-pdf-editor-4.3.89-1.x86_64
Looking at the install of master-pdf-editor-4.3.89-1.x86_64 it all
seemed fairly self contained in /opt/masterpdfeditor4 and what was under
/usr all seemed to be suffixed by a '4'.
But, I knew that master-pdf-editor-5.3.16-1.x86_64 was likely to remove
master-pdf-editor-4.3.89-1.x86_64 (past experience).
So, I investigated the respective RPMs - no, scripts included that
looked like they'd remove earlier versions...
So, I ran:
$ rpm -qp --scripts master-pdf-editor-5.3.16_qt5.x86_64.rpm
postinstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh):
#!/bin/sh
set -e
# Automatically added by dh_installmenu
if [ -x "`which update-menus 2>/dev/null`" ]; then update-menus ; fi
# Automatically added by dh_installmime
if [ -x "`which update-mime-database 2>/dev/null`" ]; then
update-mime-database /usr/share/mime
fi
ln -s /opt/master-pdf-editor-5/masterpdfeditor5 /usr/bin/masterpdfeditor5
postuninstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh):
#!/bin/sh
set -e
# Automatically added by dh_installmenu
if [ "$1" = "configure" ] && [ -x "`which update-menus 2>/dev/null`" ]; then
update-menus
fi
# End automatically added section
rm -f /usr/bin/masterpdfeditor5
$
Which didn't seem to indicate the removal of
master-pdf-editor-4.3.89-1.x86_64.
However, I'm very suspicious... So, I investigated here:
https://www.systutorials.com/1661/making-dnf-yum-not-update-certain-packages/
And here:
https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/conf_ref.html
https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#
Under 'excludepkgs'
And the man page, under 'excludepkgs'.
And so, wrote:
exclude=master-pdf-editor-4.3.89-1*
excludepkgs=master-pdf-editor-4.3.89-1*
To /etc/dnf/dnf.conf
And then ran 'dnf install ./master-pdf-editor-5.3.16_qt5.x86_64.rpm'
AND WHAT THE FRIGGING HELL HAPPENED??!!!
YUP, YOU GUEST IT master-pdf-editor-4.3.89-1.x86_64 GOT CLOBBERED!!!
So, what the f' do I have to do to prevent
master-pdf-editor-4.3.89-1.x86_64 from getting clobbered when installing
master-pdf-editor-5.3.16_qt5.x86_64.rpm
Thanks all
M
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