Re: %configure question

[Federico Lucifredi <flucifredi acm org>]

Hello Tom,
 What do you mean by "upgrade the package I don't want it to change" - 
obviously you can have the same file, as provided. Perhaps do you mean 
that you do not want a file that will be altered by the user/system to 
be reset during an upgrade ?

 Best -F

Tom Hicks wrote:
> I want to do something like %configure but with a slightly different 
> goal.  I'm looking to have a file marked as belonging to a package so 
> that when I uninstall a package the file is removed but when I upgrade 
> the package I don't want it to change.  Also I'd prefer if rpm --verify 
> would either ignore the file or only check to see if it exists.  I 
> believe this would be possible.  Could some knowledgable  souls please 
> advise me on whether there is some build in functionality for this or 
> even some way to do it that's not too nasty of a hack.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
>
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