try fixing rpm uninstall error

buildres/linux/jabref.spec

@@ -4,8 +4,17 @@ Version: APPLICATION_VERSION
 Release: APPLICATION_RELEASE
 License: APPLICATION_LICENSE_TYPE
 Vendor: APPLICATION_VENDOR
-Prefix: %{dirname:APPLICATION_DIRECTORY}
+
+%if "xAPPLICATION_URL" != "x"
+URL: APPLICATION_URL
+%endif
+
+%if "xAPPLICATION_PREFIX" != "x"
+Prefix: APPLICATION_PREFIX
+%endif
+
 Provides: APPLICATION_PACKAGE
+
 %if "xAPPLICATION_GROUP" != "x"
 Group: APPLICATION_GROUP
 %endif
@@ -16,14 +25,20 @@ Autoreq: 0
 Requires: PACKAGE_DEFAULT_DEPENDENCIES PACKAGE_CUSTOM_DEPENDENCIES
 %endif
 
-#avoid ARCH subfolder
-%define _rpmfilename %%{NAME}-%%{VERSION}-%%{RELEASE}.%%{ARCH}.rpm
-
 #comment line below to enable effective jar compression
 #it could easily get your package size from 40 to 15Mb but
 #build time will substantially increase and it may require unpack200/system java to install
 %define __jar_repack %{nil}
 
+# on RHEL we got unwanted improved debugging enhancements
+%define _build_id_links none
+
+%define package_filelist %{_builddir}/%{name}.files
+%define app_filelist %{_builddir}/%{name}.app.files
+%define filesystem_filelist %{_builddir}/%{name}.filesystem.files
+
+%define default_filesystem / /opt /usr /usr/bin /usr/lib /usr/local /usr/local/bin /usr/local/lib
+
 %description
 APPLICATION_DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -37,33 +52,58 @@ APPLICATION_DESCRIPTION
 rm -rf %{buildroot}
 install -d -m 755 %{buildroot}APPLICATION_DIRECTORY
 cp -r %{_sourcedir}APPLICATION_DIRECTORY/* %{buildroot}APPLICATION_DIRECTORY
+if [ "$(echo %{_sourcedir}/lib/systemd/system/*.service)" != '%{_sourcedir}/lib/systemd/system/*.service' ]; then
+  install -d -m 755 %{buildroot}/lib/systemd/system
+  cp %{_sourcedir}/lib/systemd/system/*.service %{buildroot}/lib/systemd/system
+fi
 %if "xAPPLICATION_LICENSE_FILE" != "x"
   %define license_install_file %{_defaultlicensedir}/%{name}-%{version}/%{basename:APPLICATION_LICENSE_FILE}
-  install -d -m 755 %{buildroot}%{dirname:%{license_install_file}}
-  install -m 644 APPLICATION_LICENSE_FILE %{buildroot}%{license_install_file}
+  install -d -m 755 "%{buildroot}%{dirname:%{license_install_file}}"
+  install -m 644 "APPLICATION_LICENSE_FILE" "%{buildroot}%{license_install_file}"
+%endif
+(cd %{buildroot} && find . -path ./lib/systemd -prune -o -type d -print) | sed -e 's/^\.//' -e '/^$/d' | sort > %{app_filelist}
+{ rpm -ql filesystem || echo %{default_filesystem}; } | sort > %{filesystem_filelist}
+comm -23 %{app_filelist} %{filesystem_filelist} > %{package_filelist}
+sed -i -e 's/.*/%dir "&"/' %{package_filelist}
+(cd %{buildroot} && find . -not -type d) | sed -e 's/^\.//' -e 's/.*/"&"/' >> %{package_filelist}
+%if "xAPPLICATION_LICENSE_FILE" != "x"
+  sed -i -e 's|"%{license_install_file}"||' -e '/^$/d' %{package_filelist}
 %endif
 
-%files
+%files -f %{package_filelist}
 %if "xAPPLICATION_LICENSE_FILE" != "x"
-  %license %{license_install_file}
-  %{dirname:%{license_install_file}}
+  %license "%{license_install_file}"
 %endif
-# If installation directory for the application is /a/b/c, we want only root
-# component of the path (/a) in the spec file to make sure all subdirectories
-# are owned by the package.
-%(echo APPLICATION_DIRECTORY | sed -e "s|\(^/[^/]\{1,\}\).*$|\1|")
 
 %post
+package_type=rpm
+LAUNCHER_AS_SERVICE_SCRIPTS
+DESKTOP_COMMANDS_INSTALL
+LAUNCHER_AS_SERVICE_COMMANDS_INSTALL
 # Install the native-messaging host script for firefox/chrome/chromium
 install -D -m0755 /opt/jabref/lib/native-messaging-host/firefox/org.jabref.jabref.json /usr/lib/mozilla/native-messaging-hosts/org.jabref.jabref.json
 install -D -m0755 /opt/jabref/lib/native-messaging-host/chromium/org.jabref.jabref.json /etc/chromium/native-messaging-hosts/org.jabref.jabref.json
 install -D -m0755 /opt/jabref/lib/native-messaging-host/chromium/org.jabref.jabref.json /etc/opt/chrome/native-messaging-hosts/org.jabref.jabref.json
 # Trigger an auto-install of the browser addon for chrome/chromium browsers
 install -D -m0644 /opt/jabref/lib/native-messaging-host/chromium/bifehkofibaamoeaopjglfkddgkijdlh.json /opt/google/chrome/extensions/bifehkofibaamoeaopjglfkddgkijdlh.json
 install -D -m0644 /opt/jabref/lib/native-messaging-host/chromium/bifehkofibaamoeaopjglfkddgkijdlh.json /usr/share/google-chrome/extensions/bifehkofibaamoeaopjglfkddgkijdlh.json
-DESKTOP_COMMANDS_INSTALL
+
+
+%pre
+package_type=rpm
+COMMON_SCRIPTS
+LAUNCHER_AS_SERVICE_SCRIPTS
+if [ "$1" -gt 1 ]; then
+  :; LAUNCHER_AS_SERVICE_COMMANDS_UNINSTALL
+fi
 
 %preun
+package_type=rpm
+COMMON_SCRIPTS
+DESKTOP_SCRIPTS
+LAUNCHER_AS_SERVICE_SCRIPTS
+DESKTOP_COMMANDS_UNINSTALL
+LAUNCHER_AS_SERVICE_COMMANDS_UNINSTALL
 # Remove the native-messaging hosts script only if relative to the deb package
 for NATIVE_MESSAGING_JSON in "/usr/lib/mozilla/native-messaging-hosts/org.jabref.jabref.json"\
                      "/etc/chromium/native-messaging-hosts/org.jabref.jabref.json"\
@@ -75,7 +115,6 @@ done
 # Remove the auto-install triggers of the browser addon for chrom/chromium
 rm -f /opt/google/chrome/extensions/bifehkofibaamoeaopjglfkddgkijdlh.json || true
 rm -f /usr/share/google-chrome/extensions/bifehkofibaamoeaopjglfkddgkijdlh.json || true
-DESKTOP_SCRIPTS
-DESKTOP_COMMANDS_UNINSTALL
+
 
 %clean