Re: help understanding RH kernel spec

["Mike A. Harris" <mharris opensourceadvocate org>]

On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Alan Eldridge wrote:

>I'm having a bit of a time trying to understand what a particular section of
>code means, and when it's run:
>
># Allow clean removal of modules directory
>%preun
>/sbin/modprobe loop 2> /dev/null > /dev/null
>rm -f /lib/modules/%{KVERREL}/modules.*

Executed before uninstallation

>%preun smp
>/sbin/modprobe loop 2> /dev/null > /dev/null
>rm -f /lib/modules/%{KVERREL}smp/modules.*

Same for SMP kernel.

>[ other %preun packagename sections omitted ]

Same for each other subpackage.

>%preun BOOTtape
>/sbin/modprobe loop 2> /dev/null > /dev/null
>rm -f /lib/modules/%{KVERREL}BOOTtape/modules.*
>
>%ifarch i386 i586 i686 athlon
>if [ -x /sbin/lilo -a -f /etc/lilo.conf ]; then
>   /sbin/lilo > /dev/null 2>&1
>   exit 0
>fi
>%endif
>
>What section or package does that %ifarch ... %endif section bind to?

The one it is in.  ;o)  Each section ends where the next one
begins, so look above it until you see the section it is in.



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