On Thursday, 11 October 2018 at 09:42, Christopher Engelhard wrote: > Hi, > one more question about the subpackage approach > > On 10/8/18 12:39 AM, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote: > >> 2) ship example config file as real config file, with upstream's example > >> config activated > > > > Ship this configuration in a subpackage (sshguard-iptables). Use rich > > dependencies to have it auto-installed if iptables-services is installed. > > > >> 3) ship custom config file preconfigured for Fedora defaults > > > > Ship this configuration in a subpackage (sshguard-firewalld). Use rich > > dependencies to have it auto-installed if firewalld is installed. > > This implies that the spec contains multiple /etc/sshguard.conf files. I > can ship them as %doc sshguard.conf.<backend>, and then cp them to > sshguard.conf during %post <subpackage>, but then no package would own > that file, right? You can use %ghost to own a file that is created in %post or at runtime. Also, there's no problem if two conflicting packages own the same file. > I can of course create separate packages with separate spec files for > the config, but can this also be made to work with subpackages? Take a look at the coreutils package for one way to do it from a single spec file. Regards, Dominik -- Fedora https://getfedora.org | RPMFusion http://rpmfusion.org There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles. -- from "Collected Sayings of Muad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan _______________________________________________ packaging mailing list -- packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to packaging-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
