On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 07:51:11AM -0800, Baz wrote: > > 3. Could you please explain your need more clearly and reasoning behind > > it. Remember rpm installs are meant to be non-interactive and can be done > > via the api/depsolver bypassing the command line. > > If every RPM starts having requirements for custom command-line options, how > is an installer program supposed to know what options it ought to feed to > which package? This is really asking for trouble. > I think the idea is not cli customizations required, but sane defaults that can be overridden from the cli. He has a legitimate need, there is just no straight forward completely intuitive way to get there today. > > So, nobody actually pass parameters, values while doing "rpm -i"??? How > > does one able to do what I want to do in their installation? I am sure > > that it is not uncommon to do it, am i right? > > In order: right; do it at runtime instead of at install time; zero = > extremely uncommon. > The other way of doing it; when it gets to hard get out of the rpm box (-; Seriously, though, keeping initial configuration, when reasonable in the rpm is very desirable, especially when creating packages to deliver sysadmin content. Cheers...james > > _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
