Thanks Paul, Thanks, Jiju -----Original Message----- From: rpm-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpm-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Johnson Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 10:35 PM To: General discussion about the RPM package manager Subject: Re: Adding Features / Components of a software to RPM database On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 7:32 AM, Jiju Jacob <JJacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > > > I am a java developer and I have a doubt regarding RPM. > > > > I have an installation of a software (Java based installer) and in our > product, we have several features and each feature has multiple components. > At runtime, the user gets to select which features /components he wants to > install, and we install these in the user selected machine. For users who > want a RPM registration, we register the product with the RPM database. > I think the usual thing it to build several RPMS and the users install the ones they need. Note many packages have a "common" component and a bunch of addons. See emacs, for example. pj > > > I now have a new requirement of adding the names of features/components > installed to the RPM database. How do I do this? > > > > Note, we create a build spec for the software and then register to the rpm > database using the buildspec. > > > > Thanks, > > Jiju > > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list > > -- Paul E. Johnson Professor, Political Science 1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504 University of Kansas _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
