i would just add a tag onto the name of the custom packages i build. %define company foo Name: dog_%{company} (or something to that effect) i find rpm -q -g Applications/Databases works for me, but rpm -q -g 'Applications/*' does not. does rpm -q -g foo/bar work for you? On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 13:03 +0000, tony.chamberlain@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi > > 1. Does anyone have any suggestions for package naming? Some packages > will be ok, > but others not. For instance, we have a watchdog package. If I > call it "dog" there is > a high chance ther may be some other package named "dog" installed > on a system that > this one would also go on, and there could be a conflict. It > could be a completely different > independent watch dog program. I know Java packages have the > company name and all > that in reverse, like com.mcdonalds.hamburger.utils or whatever > (that name is just an > example). > > Should packages be named similarly, like > com-mcdonalds-hamburger-utils-1.0.0.rpm in case > there are other packages named util? > > 2. I have been giving my packages group names (like in the examples > Applications/Databases). > You can do an rpm query like rpm -q -g Applications/Databases > to find rpms with that group. > Now say you have a company called "foo" and you give your groups > names such as > foo/bar, foo/pub, foo/tavern. You want to find all the groups > with foo. rpm -q -g foo/* does not work. > Nor does rpm -q -g foo. Is there any way to do this? > (other than rpm -qa --queryformat '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}\t > %{GROUP}\n' | grep -i foo > > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list -- Hiren Patel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This e-mail and its contents are subject to the Telkom SA Limited e-mail legal notice available at http://www.telkom.co.za/TelkomEMailLegalNotice.PDF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list