--- Murilo Opsfelder Araújo <mopsfelder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 5/30/07, Rayapudi Sandeep-mgb376 > <rsandeep@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > Hello Rayapudi > > > I am a newbie using RPM. Can anyone answer > following quiries > > I'm a newbie too ;) > > > - I want to update enviornment variables when I > install an RPM. When I > > include some 'exports' in spec file, they are > local to that shell. Is there > > any way I can export variables globally? > > I think you can do a Another option is add to your package file(s) /etc/profile.d/whatever.sh /etc/profile.d/whatever.csh This way you haven't write any scripts in the postinstall preuninstall and also support users with csh-like shells Valery > > echo 'MYGLOBALVAR="somevalue"' >> /etc/bashrc > > in the % section to export your variable for bash > users. > > > - And will I be able to undo these exports when I > do uninstall? > > Perhaps a > > sed -i.orig -e '/MYGLOBALVAR/d' /etc/bashrc > > in the %preun section could solve the problem. > > > - Can we chain installation of RPMs. Suppose, my > application needs > > installation of JDK rpm along with actual RPM. > Where can I include commands > > to install JDK? > > You can include the JDK package into Requires: > > BuildRequire: java-jdk > > Depending your box, this name can be changed. > > > - Does RPM work on all shells (bash, korn, etc,.)? > > Well, I've never tested this situation. You can test > and send us the result ;) > > > Thnx, > > Sandeep > > I really don't know if I made mistakes or if there > is other way to do > that. Please, send us other suggestions. > > Thanks. > > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
