serbenet@xxxxxxx wrote: > I basically want a small tool to be executed when my rpm is being > uninstalled by the user. This tool should be embedded in the RPM > package but should be extracted only upon uninstallation, and should > be removed after being run. I can not use the %file directive to > include this tool in my package since I do not want this file to > actually be "installed" or stored on the user's system. First you do need to install it using a %file location someplace on the system and it will live there while the package is installed. But put it someplace out of the way. If the program is architecture independent (that is, a script) then I would install it in /usr/share/<pkgname>/postun/scriptfile, or just embed the actions in the rpm %preun script. If the program is a binary executable then I would install it in /usr/lib/<pkgname>/postun/progfile or some such locations. They will be on the system but out of the way. Then upon uninstall, in the %preun script section, invoke your special uninstall program. The ordering is that the %preun actions run, %files are uninstalled, the %postun actions run. If you need to have this run in the %postun section after the %files have been removed then I think you would need to copy the special uninstall program to /tmp/<pkgname>/prog in a secured subdirectory to save it from the %files removal and then in the %postun call the program. After the run in the %postun continuation you can remove the /tmp/<pkgname> directory to clean up. Test and verify everything. Bob _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
