Re: RPM that modifies /etc/sysctl.conf

[Marcin Krzysztof Porwit <mporwit centeris com>]

Seems like a sane idea to me. You get revision control of your
configuration, which is a good thing.

You could do it as a patch, or write a pre-install handler script
to make the changes for you...

Joe Van Dyk wrote:
> Say I want to add the following lines to /etc/sysctl.conf and do it via a RPM:
>
> kernel.shmmax = 200000000
> kernel.shmall = 20000000
>
> Would my RPM just contain a patch?  Or would I not want to do this
> kind of thing through an RPM?
>
> Our software requires a bunch of changes to a linux box in order to
> run (modified kernel, the above change, a new compiler, etc).  RPMs
> are a sane way of pushing out the changes to the machines, right?
>
> Thanks,
> Joe
>
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