On 1/26/06, Jeff Johnson <n3npq.jbj@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Jan 26, 2006, at 9:32 AM, Hasan YAVUZ wrote: > > > OK, I know this command "rpm -Uvh --relocate /old=/new ... " > > But I would you like to get back the prefix path in pre- > > installation phase, and for that the only possibility is the > > interactive installation. > > Do you know may be where I found the special documentation on > > interactive rpm mode, > > There's no "special documentation on interactive rpm mode" because > the primary focus of rpm packaging is on a batch mode, unattended, > *non-interactive*, install. > > That being said, you can try interacting with the user in rpm > scriptlets if you want. > > At worst, you will have to patch rpm to leave stdin open. I've > forgotten whether rpm > closes stdin (or not) while running scriptlets. > It does. Unless someone changed it recently. I've been in psm::runScript() far to many times. Cheers...james > 73 de Jeff > > > Thanks > > > > Jeff Johnson wrote: > > > >> > >> On Jan 26, 2006, at 9:04 AM, Hasan YAVUZ wrote: > >> > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> Is it possible to build an interactive rpm package. > >> > >> > >> It's possible, but strongly discouraged. I'll leave that to > >> others ;-) > >> > >>> That means, I would like build a relocatable package but I'd > >>> like find a way for don't give the path of installation as -- > >>> prefix (pathname) > >>> I'd like to answer a questions as "Enter the path of package > >>> where would you like to install: ?" in pre-installation phase > >>> and after the rpm package install in the path given at the > >>> questions. > >>> Is it possible to install rpm package with interactive mode. > >>> > >> > >> Instead, invoke rpm as > >> rpm -Uvh --relocate /old=/new ... > >> to specify the relocation path for files. > >> > >> If there are other occurences of the relocated path in, say, > >> config files, then > >> you will need to change those files in %post, or -- even better -- > >> patch > >> the program to be as independent of installed (and possibly > >> relocated) > >> path as possible. > >> > >> hth > >> > >> 73 de Jeff > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
