Hello,

We've built our own tomcat RPM Packages. During the build time, the name of the package has changed:

Old: tomcat6_a-6.0.35-1.6.x86_64.rpm
New: tomcat6_b-6.0.35-1.7.x86_64.rpm

Is it possible to tell the new RPM Package tomcat6_b, that it is an update for Package tomcat6_a?

I'd like to use:
Installed: tomcat6_a-6.0.35-1.6.x86_64.rpm
Update: rpm -Uhv tomcat6_b-6.0.35-1.7.x86_64.rpm
after this:
installed tomcat6_b-6.0.35-1.7.x86_64.rpm
not installed: tomcat6_a-6.0.35-1.6.x86_64.rpm

Can this be done with Provides or any othe line in spec file?
Or ist ist only possible to do this with

save config Files
rpm -e tomcat6_a-6.0.35-1.6.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ihv tomcat6_b-6.0.35-1.7.x86_64.rpm
copy saved config files

Thanks for your help!
Thomas

Please do not force RPM to mask basic RPM misunderstanding, SNAFUs or bad choices. As you notice fscking around with %{name} leads to nothing useful or necessary. If you want to distinguish between official, trusted packages and local mods use some %{release} tag that doesn't mess with %{name} or ${version}


Check the RPM documentation for "config,noreplace".