kernel posttrans and preun hooks for other packages

[Matt Domsch]

On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 12:45:05PM -0500, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Matt Domsch (Matt_Domsch at dell.com) said: 
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=433121
> > 
> > DKMS would like to have the opportunity to run it's
> > auto-rebuilder/installer after a new kernel RPM has been installed,
> > without having to wait for a system restart to run it.  Likewise, when
> > a kernel RPM is removed, it would like to be able to run to remove
> > modules managed by it.
> 
> Use triggers - this functionality already exists without kernel-specific
> infrastructure.

a) LSB suggests triggers are evil.
b) triggers don't tell me the version of the package that got
   installed that caused the trigger, which is what I need to know.


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Matt Domsch
Linux Technology Strategist, Dell Office of the CTO
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