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+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #984088 +++

Currently cifs-utils tracks what plugin to use via a symlink in /etc/cifs-utils. We already have another facility for these sorts of symlinks in /etc/alternatives. Change it to use a symlink in that directory instead.

--- Additional comment from Jeff Layton on 2013-07-15 09:32:10 EDT ---

Ok, slight difference here...

The alternatives system relies on double-indirection, so we basically need to change /etc/cifs-utils/idmap-plugin to an "alternative" (a symlink that points into /etc/alternatives). The "alternatives" command takes care of the rest.

The only tricky part is that the old idmap-plugin is listed as a %config(noreplace) in the old package. So we need to change that to a %ghost directive to make sure the removal of the old package doesn't remove the symlink created in the %post script by the alternatives command.

I'll hopefully have this fixed in rawhide today...

--- Additional comment from Jeff Layton on 2013-07-15 09:40:31 EDT ---

Ok, new package pushed to rawhide and it seems to do the right thing. Closing with resolution of RAWHIDE.

Fixed in cifs-utils-6.1-3.el7

Verified on cifs-utils-6.2-4.el7.x86_64, it use alternative systems

[root@hp-dl388g8-18 rpms]# rpm -q cifs-utils 
cifs-utils-6.2-4.el7.x86_64
[root@hp-dl388g8-18 rpms]# ls -l /etc/alternatives/cifs-idmap-plugin  /etc/cifs-utils/idmap-plugin  -l 
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 32 Jan  1 22:03 /etc/alternatives/cifs-idmap-plugin -> /usr/lib64/cifs-utils/idmapwb.so
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 35 Jan  1 22:03 /etc/cifs-utils/idmap-plugin -> /etc/alternatives/cifs-idmap-plugin

Check cifs-utils-6.0-1.el7, it doesn't use alternative

[root@hp-dl388g8-18 rpms]# ls -l /etc/alternatives/cifs-idmap-plugin  /etc/cifs-utils/idmap-plugin  -l 
ls: cannot access /etc/alternatives/cifs-idmap-plugin: No such file or directory
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 32 Jan  1 22:08 /etc/cifs-utils/idmap-plugin -> /usr/lib64/cifs-utils/idmapwb.so
[root@hp-dl388g8-18 rpms]# rpm -q cifs-utils 
cifs-utils-6.0-1.el7.x86_64

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