Joe Van Dyk wrote:
We don't use dhcp, so we need to specify a nameserver in
/etc/resolv.conf. I suppose the user could specify that during the
install, but I'd still like to have an RPM that changes it to the
correct value.
Installing Clearcase requires adding entries to /etc/fstab. Also, we
have NFS mounts that are standard on some machines.
One way that I handle this problem is that I have a base package upon
which almost all other packages depend. This base package has tons of
"Requires" lines that ensure that the mount points are set up, core
packages are installed, configuration files exist, etc., and a
pre-install script that ensures various user accounts exist with proper
UIDs, groups with their proper GIDs exist, configuration files have the
proper entries, etc. This ensures that system is properly configured
before I get it.
The configuration of these items is not something for which RPM is well
suited. For example, some items it checks for are in NIS maps that have
to be centrally managed. However, RPM can help ensure that the server
and its environment are properly configured before the software gets
installed.
Rob
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