Re: Using rpm to patch several conf files

[Eric Gerbier <eric gerbier meteo fr>]

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Marcelo Mercio Dandrea wrote:
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>         Hello all,
>
>         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 ?

a good way may be to use rpmrebuild (see url below) :
you change your config files, then build a new package from the
installed files.

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Eric Gerbier
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