- create database backup before converting

diff --git a/rpm.spec b/rpm.spec
index b614db31cb6e1f0a341d3e544a7f099ae8bb74c4..af8ae030a7900bf6018d7860bab787e0c299de6b 100644 (file)
--- a/rpm.spec
+++ b/rpm.spec
@@ -1123,6 +1123,11 @@ fi
 %posttrans
 if [ -x %{_rpmlibdir}/bin/rpmdb_checkversion ] && \
                ! %{_rpmlibdir}/bin/rpmdb_checkversion -h /var/lib/rpm -d /var/lib/rpm ; then
+       if %{__cp} -a /var/lib/rpm /var/lib/rpm.rpmbackup ; then
+               echo
+               echo "Backup of the rpm database has been created in /var/lib/rpm.rpmbackup"
+               echo
+       fi
        [ -x %{_rpmlibdir}/bin/dbconvert ] && %{_rpmlibdir}/bin/dbconvert --rebuilddb
 fi