On 2/2/06, Pim van Riezen <pi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Feb 2, 2006, at 12:26 AM, Wichmann, Mats D wrote: > > > what bugs me > > about these schemes that usually consist of "cat >> somefile" > > is that there's no clean uninstall from that... at least > > conceptually it doesn't seem right that uninstalling any > > given rpm doesn't undo the damage it has done to the system... > > The "cat >> somefile" option is also harmful because it will keep on > adding the extra option for each consecutive upgrade. > > That said, there isn't always a good way to 'rollback' a change on > deinstall. What if there are two packages that both need a certain > option or configuration value changed. Simply undoing the change on > uninstall of package A would break package B. > > In the case of sysctl, I think it is safest to put this in a package- > specific initscript that uses /sbin/sysctl. What if I need to add entries into /etc/fstab or /etc/resolv.conf? Are there scripts that will automatically add entries into those files? _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
