Re: rpms/ettercap/devel ettercap.spec,1.4,1.5

[Manuel Wolfshant <wolfy nobugconsulting ro>]

Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:46:09 -0500 (CDT), Jon Ciesla wrote:
>
>   
> > If I add it to %files, when I build, it fails, as /usr/bin/ettercap does
> > not exist.  Is there a workaround?
> >
> >     
> > > After installing ettercap, nothing owns /usr/bin/ettercap, due to it
> > > getting created by alternatives in the %post.
> > >       
>
> "touch" it in %install, include it in %files marked as %ghost,
>
>   %files
>   ...
>   %ghost %{_bindir}/ettercap
>
> then display the files in your test-build (rpm --query --list ...).
>
>   
OK, I don't get it:
[wolfy wolfy ~]$ rpm -ql ssmtp --scripts
postinstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh):
/usr/sbin/alternatives  --install /usr/sbin/sendmail mta 
/usr/sbin/sendmail.ssmtp 30 \
   [other slave links removed]
   [etc stuff removed from paste]
/usr/bin/mailq.ssmtp
/usr/bin/newaliases.ssmtp
/usr/sbin/sendmail.ssmtp
/usr/sbin/ssmtp

[wolfy wolfy ~]$ rpm -qf /usr/sbin/sendmail
sendmail-8.13.1-3.RHEL4.5.i386
ssmtp-2.61-11.1.el4.i386

There is no %ghost here... where does the difference towards ettercap 
come from, since I have used the same postinstall scriptlet ?