Good question!Yes, I suppose this would be a simple fix, but... In a few places in the RPM docs, they say that it is not good practice to modify files that were installed from another package. The files I want to modify are not files that "belong" to me.
Specifically, I am modifying the *.repo files in /etc/yum.repos.d. I add my own files, but I want to disable the default fedora files that were installed by yum.
When I uninstall my package, I would simple reverse the patch to restore the default yum config files to their original states.
In any case, I can't add any new files from %files, because it gives me an error saying that these files belong to another package.
I suppose I could install the "updated" files under a new name in a known location, them apply the patch. Would that be the standard way of doing what I'm trying to do?
Thanks again!! On Aug 7, 2006, at 16:46, David Nečas (Yeti) wrote:
On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 04:42:11PM +0900, David Leangen wrote:The build dir was an example. I guess what I really need is the source.I want to apply a post-installation patch. Are you suggesting that I put my patch file with the %files in a known location and use it from there? I don't really want to install the patch file as part of the installation... All I want to do is something like: %post patch -p0 < my_patch_fileIf you can make the patch at build time why don't you patch it in %install and package already patched files? Yeti -- Anonyms eat their boogers. _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list redhat com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list