fix upgrades from non-alternativized versions properly

man-db.spec

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Summary: Tools for searching and reading man pages
 Name: man-db
 Version: 2.9.1
-Release: 4%{?dist}
+Release: 5%{?dist}
 # GPLv2+ .. man-db
 # GPLv3+ .. gnulib
 License: GPLv2+ and GPLv3+
@@ -116,8 +116,11 @@ install -D -p -m 0644 %{SOURCE4} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_unitdir}/man-db-restart-cache
 %find_lang %{name}-gnulib
 
 %pre
-# /usr/bin/man is now alternativized, so if it is not a symlink, remove it
-[ -L %{_bindir}/man ] || rm -f %{_bindir}/man
+# remove alternativized files if they are not symlinks
+for f in man apropos whatis; do
+    [ -L %{_bindir}/$f ] || rm -f %{_bindir}/$f
+    [ -L %{_mandir}/man1/$f.1.gz ] || rm -f %{_mandir}/man1/$f.1.gz
+done
 
 # stop and disable timer from previous builds
 if [ -e /usr/lib/systemd/system/mandb.timer ]; then
@@ -228,6 +231,9 @@ fi
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/cron.daily/man-db.cron
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Feb 28 2020 Nikola Forró <nforro@redhat.com> - 2.9.1-5
+- fix upgrades from non-alternativized versions properly
+
 * Fri Feb 28 2020 Nikola Forró <nforro@redhat.com> - 2.9.1-4
 - fix upgrades from non-alternativized versions