Hello, recent java-packages (ant*, xerces*, ...) have scriptlets like | $ rpm -q --scripts servletapi5-javadoc | postinstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh): | rm -f /usr/share/javadoc/servletapi5 | rm -f /usr/share/javadoc/jsp-api | ln -s servletapi5-5.0.18 /usr/share/javadoc/servletapi5 | ln -s jsp-api-5.0.18 /usr/share/javadoc/jsp-api This is really bad code because it does not make sense in an rpm-world and causes problems in combination with the %_netsharedpath feature. E.g. when the /usr/share filesystem is shared between several hosts you can: * manage (add, remove, modify) files on this filesystem on exactly one host, and * mount this filesystem (e.g. over NFS) as read-only on the other hosts and add it to rpm's %_netsharedpath. E.g. | # cat /proc/mounts | grep /usr/share | morden:/usr/share /usr/share nfs ro,... | | # rpm --showrc | grep netsha | -14: _netsharedpath ...:/usr/share:... Then, rpm will assume the files under /usr/share as existing and does not touch them: | $ rpm -qs servletapi5-javadoc | net shared /usr/share/javadoc/jsp-api-5.0.18 | net shared /usr/share/javadoc/jsp-api-5.0.18/JAVADOC.PLACEHOLDER | net shared /usr/share/javadoc/servletapi5-5.0.18 | net shared /usr/share/javadoc/servletapi5-5.0.18/JAVADOC.PLACEHOLDER In such a scenario, scriptlets like above will fail horribly | Preparing... ########################################### [100%] | 1:servletapi5-javadoc ########################################### [ 50%] | rm: cannot remove `/usr/share/javadoc/servletapi5': Read-only file system | rm: cannot remove `/usr/share/javadoc/jsp-api': Read-only file system | ln: creating symbolic link `/usr/share/javadoc/servletapi5/servletapi5-5.0.18' to `servletapi5-5.0.18': Read-only file system | ln: creating symbolic link `/usr/share/javadoc/jsp-api/jsp-api-5.0.18' to `jsp-api-5.0.18': Read-only file system | error: %post(servletapi5-javadoc-5.0.18-1jpp_3fc) scriptlet failed, exit status 1 As already said, this does not make sense in an rpm-world. There, the 'jsp-api' symlink should be created in the %install stage and packaged as an ordinary file. Then, rpm will unpack it correctly (inclusive honoring the %_netsharedpath) and no %post scriptlet is needed. Enrico
