On Sat, 10 Apr 2004, AliN wrote: > Hi James > > Thanks for your help so far.. > I have NOW got my rpm file which is used only as a program installer.. and > works OK but I have got the following problem.. > > In SPEC file in %files section I have some Configuration files which I have > set them as config files as below: > %files > %config /home/etc/ftp/ftp-config.txt > > This is to avoid over-writing the old of config files which are already > installed by previous rpm instillation. > What I Mean that when I use rpm to upgrade I don't want the rpm copy the > config files if ther are ready there. Need to change your %config line to: %config(noreplace) As an aside, another approach is to juse %config as you have been, but in your %post script look for the config file with .rpmsave on the end. This will be the one thaat was saved asided and has any local changes that had been made to the file. If you find this file (.rpmsave), then preceede to merge in the local changes into the delivered config. This will allow you to radically change the format of your config, but provide automatic conversions. This path though is fraught with error, and minimally you must version your config file format (i.e. in the config file specify the config file format version, so you can make sane decisions when doing conversions). All that said %config(noreplace) will do what you are trying to accomplish now. Cheers...james > But putting %config does not work and when I upgrade the program are copied. > What I am doing wrong and how I can I prevent the config files to installed > when upgrading > > Cheers > > Ali > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Olin Oden" <joden@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "RPM Package Manager" <rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 5:11 PM > Subject: Re: Using rpm as installer > > > > On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, AliN wrote: > > > > > Hi James > > > > > > Thanks for your reply.. yes rpmbuild is working..:) > > > > > > Now trying to create my special SPEC file I have done it as noarch and I > > > have removed all, build, prep, install and clean sections and have only > > > %file..Now I have following questions. > > > > > > 1 - When binary .rpm file id created.. does it contains all the files > > > defined in %file section? > > > > > Yes. > > > > > 2 - %files lists the files to be packaged > > > > > Yes. Really the answer to 1 is a result of 2. > > > > > 3 - I assume I don't need to have %install to install files as %file > section > > > does the installation process. > > > > > No, you need %install to copy the files into your build root. %files then > > looks for the files listed offset the build root, and packages them up. > > At install time the files that were listed by %files will be delivered > > to the system. Really, %install is kind of a misnomer, in that it is a > > build time script not an install time script. Its name probably comes > > from the fact that it is in %install that "make install" is generally run, > > and because it "installs" the files to the build root. > > > > > 4 - How do I define the directories in which the packaged files have to > be > > > installed... in the target machine.. > > > > > %files lists files where they will be found on the build machine. > > In %install you cp them to that location offset the build root. So if > > your spec file had the one file /usr/bin/e to deliver, you would have > > soemthing like: > > > > ... > > BuildRoot: /tmp/root > > ... > > %install > > mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT > > cp e $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/bin/e > > ... > > %files > > /usr/bin/e > > > > > > Cheers...james > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Rpm-list mailing list > > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list > _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
