On Tue, 16 Nov 2010, R P Herrold wrote: > On Fri, 12 Nov 2010, Murilo Opsfelder wrote: > > > I'd like to know if it's possible to add a kind of fake rpm in rpm database. > > > > I would provide all rpm headers, for instance, from a file and add these > > headers in rpm database. As if I was running "insert" commands in it. > > > > I only need rpm name and version to be added in database. > > I suspect a 'dummy' RPM, triviallty created and installed, will meet your > requirement > > ftp://ftp.owlriver.com/pub/mirror/ORC/dummy-xscreensaver/ > > has a worked example, of a .spec file that provides an rpm name, and a version > set as to your choice, to the rpm database. The dummy RPM is the more elegant long term solution, but for a one-off there is the --justdb option to rpm. -- Stuart D. Gathman <stuart@xxxxxxxx> Business Management Systems Inc. Phone: 703 591-0911 Fax: 703 591-6154 "Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis" - background song for a Microsoft sponsored "Where do you want to go from here?" commercial. _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
