On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 02:22:18PM -0700, James Colannino wrote: > Hi everyone. I've been googling around, but haven't found a good answer > to this problem yet. I'm looking to create a dummy RPM whose purpose on > the system is really nothing more than to be installed and to show up in > RPM queries (I don't want it to actually install any files.) > > How exactly should I go about this? I've played around with creating a > spec file, but so far I haven't gotten anything to work. Thanks :) A dummy rpm is just an rpm without any files. Like: --- BEGIN SPEC --- Summary: dummy package Name: dummy Version: 1 Release: 0 License: Dummy License Packager: Luciano Rocha <luciano@xxxxxxxxxxx> Vendor: Dummies Incorporated Group: Networking/Daemons URL: http://www.dontbeadummy.org/ Requires: python perl ruby BuildArch: noarch %description This is a dummy package. %files %changelog * Wed Aug 24 2005 Luciano Rocha <luciano@xxxxxxxxxxx> 0 - dummy --- END SPEC --- Save the previous lines and create the binary package with: rpmbuild -bb spec -- lfr 0/0 _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
