On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:42:11 -0800, Daniel Yek wrote: > Thanks for the "%ghost", but is it documented? I didn't find it in the > following URL after a quick search: > http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/ch-rpm-inside.html Here: http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm-snapshot/ http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm-snapshot/s1-rpm-inside-files-list-directives.html The snapshot is a community enhanced/extended online version of Ed Bailey's original book. > Regarding "touch"...Can one create redundant list of file in %file without > actually doing anything with it in %install? What would happen to "rpm > -qpl" in this case? All files in the %files section must exist in the BuildRoot. Else rpmbuild refuses to build your package. > Lets say a software package is utilizing utilities to install icon > resources, etc. Lets says xdg-utils is bundled and used during RPM > installation. > > http://portland.freedesktop.org/xdg-utils-1.0/ > > xdg-utils scripts installed a bunch of files at unknown locations. What can > I do to have those files remain tracked? If I can't read the scripts and > create a list of all possible installation locations, is there something > else I can do? At package build-time you would install everything *only* into the temporary BuildRoot. At the end of the %install section you can list the BuildRoot contents and create matching file lists for the %files section, where you can include generated list files on-the-fly. Everything done outside the package BuildRoot and/or applied to your installed system after package installation is beyond the scope of RPM. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
