On Mon, 2007-03-05 at 14:52 +0100, Enrico Scholz wrote: > >> > The bottom line is: Don't %config/%config(noreplace) files under /usr. > >> > >> 1. When will you finally understand that rpm's %config has nothing to do > >> with configurating a system. %config only specifies rpm's behavior upon > >> handling of backups upon install. > > > > First of all, since I didn't even mention the word "configuration" in > > the above (fully quoted), please stop jumping to conclusions. Secondly > > if a packager specifies %config* in the specfile he assumes that > > something outside his control will regularily modify this file, so rpm > > needs to properly cater for that. > > > > And that's what's relevant *the assumption that this file has to be > > outside of the packager's control*. Now you tell me what kind of files > > these are. We don't usually %config* stuff under /var (in fcat we > > don't even mention 99% of the logfiles in package manifests), so that > > leaves us with ...? Yes, say it ... It's not that difficult ... > > Files which are touched by rpm %scriptlets. In some cases > (e.g. fonts.dir), the relocating to /var would be a cleaner solution but Similar, but more interesting: /usr/share/info/dir If you have a close look into it, it is an ordinary info-document. i.e. customizable, partially containing static contents, partially containing dynamic contents (Note: customizable text! It is not automatically generated - You can put your company's "intro blurb" into it, if you like to.) In a similar situation are the various other "doc" systems (html indexes etc.) Also worth mentioning: alternatives, ldconfig and prelink. > would require lot of work. Whether you like it or not, the X11-mkfontdir stuff is a very simple, but effective way of implementing a simple distributed database. So yes, if you'd want to change this, upstream would be the correct address to change this. > But e.g. for /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive > and perhaps the icon-caches this would be just overkill. > > Such files are handled best with %config and some %verify magic. %ghost > might work too but it is some kind of exotic rpm feature with sometimes > unexpected/unspecified behavior. Exactly. Ralf -- Fedora-maintainers mailing list Fedora-maintainers@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers -- Fedora-maintainers-readonly mailing list Fedora-maintainers-readonly@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers-readonly
