I just thought I should mention that I have tried to "patch" but found that I wasn't able to get it work if the file being patched wasn't what the patch had expected and I would end up with "rejected" chunks :( On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 10:40 AM, <Greg_Swift@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I want to create two RPMs. The first RPM install apache and I call it >> my-apache.rpm and a second my-apache-config.rpm. my-apache.rpm >> installs apache and my-apache-config.rpm adds some files like >> /usr/local/apache/conf/extra/my.conf but I also want it to overwrite >> my-apache.rpm's /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf with a custom >> httpd.conf >> >> In my-apache.spec I used these lines: >> >> %files >> ... >> %config /apps/SD/apache/conf/httpd.conf >> >> but when I attempt to install the RPM via YUM I get an error >> >> Transaction Check Error: >> file /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf from install of >> my-apache-config conflicts with file from package my-apache >> >> I tried not using the %config directive and had the same result. How >> can I specify in my spec file that it is OK to overwrite a file? > > There is no clean, right, or easy way to do this (at least not that I've > found so please please please, someone correct me and prove me wrong). We > suffer from the same problem and have several kludges that we use to > bludgeon the files into the system. There is supposed to be a talk about > managing config files at the upcoming Red Hat Summit later this month, the > presentations should be available on the site afterwards if you are > interested. > > -greg > > _______________________________________________ > 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
