Re: avoiding conflicts with %config

[Will Harris <will harris ncmail net>]

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That will work for me. Thanks.

James Olin Oden wrote:
> On 10/3/05, *Will Harris* <will harris ncmail net
> <mailto:will harris ncmail net>> wrote:
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>     I am not sure if this is possible, but I am trying to find a way to
>     make a custom package with a set of (edited) config files and security
>     changes. However since these config files belong to other packages (ssh,
>     xinetd, selinux, etc) I get conflicts. I can force it, but then
>     upgrading the package becomes another hassle.
>     I'm wondering if there is some macro I am missing that will let me
>     install my config but not cause the conflicts for the original package
>     on update. I would not mind if I even had to reinstall my custom
>     package. Does anyone know of any trick to accomplish this?
> 
>  
> I don't know if this will suite your tastes or not, but what I do is
> deliver the config
> files to some alternate location and then in the %post scriptlet
> overwrite the originals with these files.   Seems to work fine, and even
> plays well the rpm transactional rollback feature.  
>  
> Cheers...james
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