i agree with the other folks on using multiple rpms, one source rpm can produce multiple binary rpms, so you would only have to maintain one spec file/source rpm. by shell file globs i mean working with files using wildcards such as: mv *.db /some/place somecommand /some/place/*.db mv *.cert /some/place etc. On Mon, 2007-06-25 at 18:33 +0200, Aaron Lippold wrote: > I am registering a set of files in a db. Some users only need the > first set of files, some need all the files from each set in the db. I > want to allow the option to say, 'I need set1 and set3' etc. etc. > > MyFiles/Set1/file1.1,file1.2,file1.3,... > .../Set2/file2.1,2.2,2.3,... > ../Set3/file3.1,3.2,3.3,... > > If they user only wants to install the files in Set1 I want to have an > option/switch they can pass to say, > > rpm -ihv --install-set1 --install-set3 my.rpm > > What did you mean by, 'shell file globs'? File Globals? > > Aaron > On 6/25/07, Hiren Patel <patelhn@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > you could put all the files into one tarball and then manipulate them > > using shell file globs. > > i have no idea what you are talking about with the sets. > > > > On Mon, 2007-06-25 at 17:08 +0200, Aaron Lippold wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I was hoping I could get some advise on making my %install section a > > > bit more efficient. I would guess there is a smarter way to handle my > > > file set then individually calling out each file. > > > > > > I basically have to do the same operation on each one, accounting for > > > the slight name change. Also, I am going to be adding new 'sets' : > > > TypeA, TypeB, etc. Right now my rpm just does TypeA. How do I add > > > switches to my rpm -ihv --typea or rpm -ihv --type:A,C,E . > > > > > > Suggestions? Comment? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Aaron > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Rpm-list mailing list > > > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list > > -- > > > > Hiren Patel | Ops Specialist | ISS Infrastructure | Telkom > > E-Mail: patelhn@xxxxxxxxxxxx Office: +27 12 680 3460 | Fax: +27 12 680 > > 3299 | Cell: +27 73 456 7980 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 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 > > -- Hiren Patel | Ops Specialist | ISS Infrastructure | Telkom E-Mail: patelhn@xxxxxxxxxxxx Office: +27 12 680 3460 | Fax: +27 12 680 3299 | Cell: +27 73 456 7980 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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
