Re: cleaning up %install section

[marks <marks adax com>]

Hi,

I believe you can define sub-packages all within one .spec file. You'd
then have only one spec file to maintain although it would be more
complex.

On Tue, 26 Jun 2007, Aaron Lippold wrote:

> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:03:50 +0200
> From: Aaron Lippold <lippold gmail com>
> Reply-To: RPM Package Manager <rpm-list redhat com>
> To: RPM Package Manager <rpm-list redhat com>
> Subject: Re: cleaning up %install section
> 
> Yes that's true but I was hoping to only have to maintain one .spec
> file and such. Ah well, maybe the KISS approach is best in this case.
> 
> Also, is there a way I can define a "function" in my spec file?
> 
> Aaron
> 
> On 6/25/07, Jos Vos <jos xos nl> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 06:33:01PM +0200, Aaron Lippold wrote:
> >
> > > I am registering a set of files in a db. Some users only need the
> > > first set of files, some need all the files from each set in the db. I
> > > want to allow the option to say, 'I need set1 and set3' etc. etc.
> > >
> > > MyFiles/Set1/file1.1,file1.2,file1.3,...
> > > .../Set2/file2.1,2.2,2.3,...
> > > ../Set3/file3.1,3.2,3.3,...
> > >
> > > If they user only wants to install the files in Set1 I want to have an
> > > option/switch they can pass to say,
> > >
> > > rpm -ihv --install-set1 --install-set3 my.rpm
> >
> > You could split the RPM into subpackages, each containing one "set".
> >
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Mark Sincerbox
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