On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 04:50:22PM -0500, Kamal Hussain wrote: > I guess the answer is that there is no special flags required to denote > a symlink. All files could go under %files block and during the package > creation, RPM will determine which files are softlinks. This of course > requires all the soft links to be created before building the package > and it can be done either using %prep , %install directives or outside > the RPM. Yep. > The approach is very different from that of SVR4.. I would say SVR4 is > more advanced in this aspect because you can specify softlinks without > creating them during the packaging phase.. This is a matter of taste, IMHO. You also have to create the "real" files, so I don't see a real advantage of specifying devices or symlinks in - for example - the %files section, as SVR4 apparently does, instead of just creating them at another place, like in %install (the # bytes to type is nearly equal ;-)). -- -- Jos Vos <jos@xxxxxx> -- X/OS Experts in Open Systems BV | Phone: +31 20 6938364 -- Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Fax: +31 20 6948204 _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
