Re: Installing a file according to a condition

[Jeff Johnson <n3npq jbj gmail com>]

On Oct 29, 2006, at 8:43 AM, Erez Zilber wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I want to create a binary rpm that will install certain files only  
> if a condition is true. For example: it should copy file.h to /usr/ 
> src/linux/include only if the kernel sources package is installed.  
> When building the binary rpm from the src rpm I still that know if  
> this condition will be set to true.

There is no mechanism in rpm to install a file iff condition is true.

Your choices are as follows:
	1) do what ever you want in %post to copy the file.
	2) add a trigger to copy the file whenever kernel sources are  
changed (i.e. installed or upgraded)
	3) just install the file and hope and pray that the kernel sources  
end-up on the same path.

73 de Jeff