rpm4/rpm5 incompat: rpm5 firing on provides

[Jeffrey Johnson]

On Oct 30, 2012, at 2:17 PM, Tomasz Pala <gotar at polanet.pl> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 19:45:52 +0200, Elan Ruusamäe wrote:
> 
>>> Hint: it's better to link directories to keep compatibility, just like
>>> /etc/init.d was brought to PLD.
>> changing dir to symlink did not work properly until it got working 
>> %pretrans  (added in 4.4.2?)
>> 
>> so, probably it was too advanced black magic back then :P
> 
> You just had to remove symlink before directory was about to be created:
> 

Um … no. Please refrain from posting guesses:
the end-result is that noon believes me when
I describe what needs doing.

Hint: You _MUST_ replace the directory with a symlink
before fingerprints are computed ==> %pretrans

Any other answer is crack (or merely gud enuf)

73 de Jeff