Re: missing file query

[Tapan Kamat <rpm_guy yahoo com>]

Hello Jeff

This is with reference to the mail reply sent by you
as below :

I have tried the %ghost attribute, but it doesnt seem
to work and also I didnt find any documentation about
the same. Can you send me a sample spec file
containing the same so that I know how to use it ?

Thanks 
Tapan Kamat

--- Jeff Johnson <n3npq@nc.rr.com> wrote:
> Tapan Kamat wrote:
> 
> >Hi
> >
> >Is it possible to create a rpm package such that it
> >reports installation(entry in %files list) of a
> file,
> >but does not actually install the file. An example
> >would be to have abc.rpm report that it install
> >/usr/bin/abc so that its entry is found in the
> >database too, but not actually install the file
> onto
> >the system.
> >  
> >
> 
> There's a %ghost attribute that was originally
> devised to control for
> permissions of log files, or possible nonexisting
> files, or possible 
> pre-existing files.
> 
> Be forewarned: %ghost is poorly defined and goofy
> and should be avoided 
> if at all possible.
> 
> 73 de Jeff
> 
> 
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