Re: Questions on RPM

[Valery Reznic <valery_reznic yahoo com>]

--- Murilo Opsfelder Araújo <mopsfelder gmail com>
wrote:

> On 5/30/07, Rayapudi Sandeep-mgb376
> <rsandeep motorola com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> 
> Hello Rayapudi
> 
> > I am a newbie using RPM. Can anyone answer
> following quiries
> 
> I'm a newbie too ;)
> 
> > - I want to update enviornment variables when I
> install an RPM. When I
> > include some 'exports' in spec file, they are
> local to that shell. Is there
> > any way I can export variables globally?
> 
> I think you can do a
Another option is add to your package file(s)
/etc/profile.d/whatever.sh
/etc/profile.d/whatever.csh

This way you haven't write any scripts in the
postinstall preuninstall and also support users
with csh-like shells

Valery
> 
> echo 'MYGLOBALVAR="somevalue"' >> /etc/bashrc
> 
> in the % section to export your variable for bash
> users.
> 
> > - And will I be able to undo these exports when I
> do uninstall?
> 
> Perhaps a
> 
> sed -i.orig -e '/MYGLOBALVAR/d' /etc/bashrc
> 
> in the %preun section could solve the problem.
> 
> > - Can we chain installation of RPMs. Suppose, my
> application needs
> > installation of JDK rpm along with actual RPM.
> Where can I include commands
> > to install JDK?
> 
> You can include the JDK package into Requires:
> 
> BuildRequire: java-jdk
> 
> Depending your box, this name can be changed.
> 
> > - Does RPM work on all shells (bash, korn, etc,.)?
> 
> Well, I've never tested this situation. You can test
> and send us the result ;)
> 
> > Thnx,
> > Sandeep
> 
> I really don't know if I made mistakes or if there
> is other way to do
> that. Please, send us other suggestions.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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