> -----Original Message----- > From: Tim T. > Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 12:50 > Subject: Partial RPMs possible ? > > Hi, > > I'm trying to develop a patch application for a client. > This client is used to the Sun/Solaris way of working, and > expects that a patch will contain only the > targets-to-be-repaired for a package (i.e. if one file needs > updating, they want to release a patch-package containing a > single file, even if the original package, even though the > original package contained 150 files. > > Is this possible at all ? Preliminary experiments seem to > indicate I'd get an ownership conflict. > > Also, does anybody have any suggestions for a good patch strategy ? > (Application consists of a number of packages, some of which > contain a large number of files. How do I minimize the amount > of data I need to push to a remote machine, over a very > expensive link ?) Use rsync to patch the rpm, as it is the simplest way of doing this. > > Thanks, > > Tim T. > -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - - Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This message is copyright PD Inc, subject to license 20080407P00. _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
