Re: Using rpm to patch several conf files

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

In regard to: Using rpm to patch several conf files, Marcelo Mercio Dandrea...:

>        Sorry if this a newbie question, Im a begginer on using RPMs.. I
>        scanned the list archives but wasnt able to find information
>        regarding it. Im trying to create a rpm to automatically patch
>        several conf files...  On my rpm, I have the "original" conf file
>        as it is installed by its package and a patch file to be applied.
>        I can build and install the RPM with no problem at all, but the
>        install part only works with the --force option, since I modify
>        files referred by other packages... (file X from install of Y
>        conflicts with file from package Z). Is there a way to avoid this
>        ? Am I trying to use RPMs in a way it wasnt supposed to be used ?

Probably.  You can avoid `--force' if you investigate the
`--replace-files' option to RPM, though I have no idea whether that's any
more "gentle" or not.

Another possibility would be to not replace/overwrite the config files
with your custom copies, instead you would install a set of "post-install,
munge config files for our site" scripts, and have those scripts be
responsible for tweaking/munging your config files.

Tim
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