On 10/22/09 2:31 PM, "Mangalampalli, JayantX" <jayantx.mangalampalli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > Is it possible to preserve file¹s extended attributes in RPM packages? I have > some files that I want packaged and they have some EAs (like security.selinux > etc) that I wish to preserve when installing them elsewhere. Can RPM be > configured to preserve them? I could not find any options that help do that. > At least in the SELinux case, I don't believe what you want is possible. RPM consults the installed SELinux policy to determine what the new files security context on disk should be. So, a file's security context will always be what the end system's policy says it should be, not the context of the file on the packager's system. Hope that helps, Chad Sellers _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
