On 10/20/05, Tony Earnshaw <tonye@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 21:56 +0200, Jos Vos wrote: > > > > BTW, While looking for details for noreplace, I found another macro: > > > > > > %ghost > > > > > > What's that exactly? > > > > Files that are not installed with the package, but administratively > > are considered to belong to the package and are removed when the > > package is uninstalled. Typical examples are pid/log/lock files. > > In the same vein, there are plenty of other macros that more routined > spec writers than me seem to use (%global is one example of many) that > don't occur in /etc/rpm and to which no reference is made in maximum or > Guru labs. Where can I find out about these? How did they ever find > out??? > By looking at other peoples spec files and at the RPM source. I know thats not the answer you want to hear, but it is presently the truth. Some tags, %ghost for instance, have no clear defined behavior, and thus there has been hesitation to document them. There is a newer version of Maximum RPM that Paul Nasrat has been working on with some others, that may have some this stuff documented; don't know for sure. Also, some things (for instance the --rollback switch supporting the transactional rollback feature) have not been documented due to the fact that in truth they are experimental features and are yet subject to much change (or removal). Cheers...james > --Tonni > > -- > Mail: tonye@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.billy.demon.nl > > _______________________________________________ > 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
