How to stop services in spec file

rpm

I have this spec file that will install numerous rpm packages such as apache, mysql, etc.
I'm new to building rpms and I did looked at the Fedora documentation but I did not find the answer to my question.

How do I add commands in my spec file so that if I do a:

rpm -e 
yum erase

it will stop services that wasn't stopped during yum erase/rpm-e?

Thanks.

Best Answer

It may not be relevant to this case, but remember that if you will upgrade your RPM, rpm will install the new version and then remove the old one, so after upgrade the services will be down. To be on the safe side, do:

%preun
if [[ $1 -eq 0 ]]
then
    service https stop
    # or what ever you want
fi

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Fairly easy:

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You can run whatever command you want inside %(); just make sure there's no whitespace in the output.

Personally, I think it's a touch cleaner to stick it in a variable at the top:

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That should only print the '.' if %buildnumber is set.

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