Re: rpm user input

[seth vidal <skvidal fedoraproject org>]

On Thu, 2008-04-10 at 23:20 +0200, Jos Vos wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:09:41PM +0200, Toralf Lund wrote:
> 
> > You can enter any program/command in the %pre and %post sections of the 
> > spec, including ones that ask for user input. These sections are 
> > essentially scripts that get executed before and after the files are 
> > installed, respectively. If the %pre script(let) exits with a "false" 
> > (non-0) status, the rpm won't actually be installed.
> 
> Yes, but be aware that this is "not-done" and that such an RPM will
> always be considered an example of bad packaging (and the author will
> be flamed forever ;-)).

There may also be beatings.

And Nobody expects the spanish inquisition.

-sv