Re: %config(noreplace)

[Jos Vos <jos xos nl>]

On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 12:06:41PM -0500, Lehman, Jason (Registrar's Office) wrote:

> How do I copy the file if it doesn't exist and not overlay it if it does
> exists? 
> 
> Or does rpm automatically handle that for you when you are do a 
> 
> install -m 755 start_apache $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/start_apache

Uhh... when you install in $RPM_BUILD_ROOT the file will *never*
exist, as that is done at *build* time and $RPM_BUILD_ROOT is an
initially empty, temporary directory.

I think you're mixing up things.  The "%install" is done at build time,
at install time rpm unpacks the archive in an "intelligent" way, like
honouring %config(noreplace) tags that are preserved in the rpm archive.

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