Re: spec file changes: removing Release: and %changelog

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On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 12:32:22AM +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> The vast majority of scriptlets can be eliminated if RPM knew what the
> file type is - eg, if it sees an ELF library, it should automatically

... an ELF library installed in a system directory.  No point in
running ldconfig for
/usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/CORE/libperl.so.

Probably the best thing is to have a

  %ldconfig

directive.

> run ldconfig. If it see a desktop file it should automatically run
> the desktop file install script, etc, etc. If done right you can add
> more scriptlets / change existing scriptlets for any existing RPM
> without needing to re-generate the RPM / spec.

But yes, in general many scriptlets can be replaced with automatic
detection or some sort of directive.

Rich.

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