Re: A Very Basic RPM Doubt

[Jos Vos <jos xos nl>]

On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 04:42:38PM +0530, Lis Maria wrote:

> Likewise, when we give rpm -Uvh <the binay rpm name>, how does the RPM know
> that it has to execute the %post section after installing the RPM???

The %post (and %pre etc.) sections are stored in the header of the
binary RPM during the build, so they can be used when installing
the binary RPM.

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