RPM conflict error when following multi-version client installation guide (6.3.23 to 7.1.65)

[ZMM-zhangmanman]

When trying to install the 7.1.65 client on a machine with 6.3.23 already installed, the rpm -ivh command fails due to file conflicts. The documentation implies that multiple versions can coexist, but the RPM package structure prevents this for standard binary paths (e.g., /usr/bin/fdbcli).

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[jzhou77]

Thanks for reporting the issue. I think the RPM package probably was created without thinking about the upgrade scenario. Maybe each RPM package should create a versioned binary, and use symbol link pointing to the latest one. Guess this can be done in some post install script.

We usually copy binaries into the machine directly, so haven't encountered this before. It'd be nice someone can help change the RPM packaging script to fix this in future releases.