Re: Bootstrapping an RPM area.

[Steve Juranich <sjuranic gmail com>]

Tim Mooney wrote:

>> To finalize the bootstrap, I'd need to create some virtual package
>> defining what the system provides (things like /bin/sh, libc, libstdc++,
>> and the like).
> 
> Yes, or use the "sysinfo" file (probably /etc/rpm/sysinfo though you can
> I think change that by modifying a macro in one of the macros files that
> RPM will search).  I'm a fan of virtual packages, though they seem to be
> falling out of vogue.  ;-)
> 
> Note that RPM 4.4.6 also requires that you have something (either virtual
> packages or /etc/rpm/sysinfo) provide directories too, so you'll to keep
> all of those in mind as well.

Is this /etc/rpm/sysinfo documented anywhere?  I can't find it in the latest
version of the RPM guide, and it doesn't exist on this SuSE box I'm on
right now (SuSE 9.3).

Thanks.

-- 
Steve Juranich
Tucson, AZ
USA