RE: %attr directive issues when installing an rpms

[Tim Mooney <mooney dogbert cc ndsu NoDak edu>]

In regard to: RE: %attr directive issues when installing an rpms, Peter...:

>Let me ask this again (may be it wasn't formulated clean):
>
>Everything is understandable for me about permissions and paths, but
>what about owner and group ? What will be shown in my case after installing
>the package (as root) and implementing the specified
>"ls -l" command :
>               ptsimmer dev
>                   OR
>                 root  root

root root will be shown -- the act of installing the files lays them
out, as they're show inside the RPM you examined.  They will overwrite
any files that are already there, and since root is doing the install,
owner and group can (and will) be set to what was specified in the RPM.

Tim
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