On Thursday 12 August 2004 12:46 pm, Kamal Hussain wrote: > Hi, > Does RPM support some kind of "checkinstall" script? Basically, the > package should be able to dynamically determine if it is applicable for > a system. If the package is not applicable, can RPM return appropriate > exit code or message without giving a failure message? > (BTW, "man rpm" doesn't give any information on different exit codes. > So far, I've seen two return codes - 0 and 1) > > Thanks > Kamal > > > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list The only way to do this is to support something like a universal /etc/distro/distroname or through a complicated set of Requires: which would really defeat the purpose of using RPM to begin with. At this level of complication one might as well compile from tar.gz sources. -- Scot Mc Pherson scot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sarasota, Florida, USA MSN: behomet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx AIM: scotlfs ICQ: 342349 _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
