Re: Specifying soft links in RPM package

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Asking the question another way, I use

%files -f all.lst

What entry do I put in all.lst to specify a symlink?


>>>>> "JV" == Jos Vos <jos@xxxxxx> writes:

 JV> On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 02:46:10PM -0500, Kamal Hussain wrote:
 >> You are right. As you said, only the symbolic link is put in the 
 >> package. For the SVR4 to RPM conversion, I guess the links need to be 
 >> constructed under the BuildRoot before calling 'rpmbuild'. This is 
 >> little troublesome but manageable.

 JV> Well, they should be created in the %install section of the spec file
 JV> (I guess you convert a SVR4 specification to a RPM spec file):

 JV> %install
 JV> ...
 JV> fill the buildroot with real files
 JV> ...

 JV> ln -s test $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/bin/test1
 JV> ln -s test $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/bin/test2

 JV> (or something similar)

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