On 21.12.2006 09:06, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
Do the GuideLines/Does the FPC have an opinion on rpms intentionally printing out textual messages during installs? At least, I could not find a corresponding paragraph in the GuideLines.
Hmm, I think we discussed this some weeks/months ago and I think the consensus was that "RPM files should not output anything during (un)install". But I can't find it in the guidelines just yet -- maybe was forgotten again... (or I'm to blind to find it)
I don't have a strong opinion on this and actually am ambivalent. On one hand, such messages can be helpful to users. On the other hand, in general, rpm-installs should be silent as much as possible.
/me strongly votes for silent. Yes, having "something" that sends notes like the one from tripwire to the sysadmin somehow would be helpfull. But %pre{,un},%post{,un} are the wrong place for it IMHO as it often scrolls away quickly unnoticed and is not even shown in pirut and other tools afaik.
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