AFAIK, the list for general RPM question is: http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list Also you might find the following presentation useful: http://www.redhat.com/promo/summit/2010/presentations/summit/opensource-for-it-leaders/thurs/pwaterma-2-rpm/RPM-ifying-System-Configurations.pdf On 05/20/2011 09:47 AM, Calum wrote: > Hello - just noticed the scope of this list: > "This mailing list provides a discussion forum for RPM packaging > standards and practices for Fedora." > > Apologies for the post - I think I Googled for rpm mailinglist, and > ended up here. > > Still, does anyone know the answer....? :) > > Living in hope, > Calum > > On 20 May 2011 09:37, Calum<caluml@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I am rolling my own RPM to provide the correct sudoers config for the >> company where I'm working. >> >> I want it to archive the existing /etc/sudoers, and put down the company's one. >> >> However, when I install it, I get:file /etc/sudoers from install of >> sudo-config-20110520-1.noarch conflicts with file from package >> sudo-1.7.2p1 >> >> There are two ways around it that I know: >> >> 1. Put the file down as /etc/sudoers.companyname, and mv it in the %post >> 2. Unpackage sudo, modify, and re-package. >> >> I prefer not to do 2, as that will require keeping a close eye on the >> security errata of the package, and repackaging every time a new >> version is released. I'd rather keep the upstream package untouched, >> and just apply my config over the top. >> >> 1 works fine - however, it breaks the rpm -V functionality, which in >> my eyes is a big plus point for using RPMs. >> >> Installing with --replacefiles will work - however - however, I want >> to deploy the package with Puppet, and it doesn't seem to allow >> specifying that. >> >> Is there a way to create the RPM in such a way that --replacefiles is >> "built-in" to the RPM? >> Is there any other way of doing this - so that rpm -V works? >> >> Calum >> > -- > packaging mailing list > packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging -- Athmane Madjoudj RHCE -- packaging mailing list packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging
