Config Files in Home Dir

[Jameson]

I maintain a package that when run for the first time creates a file,
~/.projectM/config.inp.  The package previously needed symlinks to
fonts because the location of the fonts was hard-coded.  I have since
removed the symlinks, and patched the package so that config.inp will
be created pointing to the real font files.  However, when one
upgrades from the previous version to a new one, the config.inp file
still points to they symlinks.  What is the appropriate way to deal
with this?

Thanks,
=-Jameson

[Chen Lei]

2010/5/22 Jameson <imntreal(a)gmail.com&gt;

>  I maintain a package that when run for the first time creates a
> file,
>  ~/.projectM/config.inp.  The package previously needed symlinks to
>  fonts because the location of the fonts was hard-coded.  I have since
>  removed the symlinks, and patched the package so that config.inp will
>  be created pointing to the real font files.  However, when one
>  upgrades from the previous version to a new one, the config.inp file
>  still points to they symlinks.  What is the appropriate way to deal
>  with this?
>
>  Thanks,
>  =-Jameson
>  --
>  
Add a README.rpm/REAME.fedora file to %doc?


Chen Lei

[Toshio Kuratomi]

On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 10:31:13AM -0400, Jameson wrote:
>  I maintain a package that when run for the first time creates a
> file,
>  ~/.projectM/config.inp.  The package previously needed symlinks to
>  fonts because the location of the fonts was hard-coded.  I have since
>  removed the symlinks, and patched the package so that config.inp will
>  be created pointing to the real font files.  However, when one
>  upgrades from the previous version to a new one, the config.inp file
>  still points to they symlinks.  What is the appropriate way to deal
>  with this?
>   
The application should detect this situation on startup and correct the
situation.

A Fedora package should not attempt to touch things in the users' home
directories at package install/remove/upgade time.

-Toshio

[Jameson]

I added a readme.  I could work on patching the application myself to
fix the issue, but since it was an issue created by, and only
effecting the Fedora package, I don't know that upstream will be
interested in making such modifications.

=-Jameson

[Matthias Runge]

On 05/24/2010 02:27 PM, Jameson wrote:
>  I added a readme.  I could work on patching the application myself
> to
>  fix the issue, but since it was an issue created by, and only
>  effecting the Fedora package, I don't know that upstream will be
>  interested in making such modifications.
>
>  =-Jameson
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Hmmm,

reading this, I doubt, fedora is the only distribution not wanting the 
situation, Toshio mentioned. I absolutely don't want an package change 
files in my homedir during install/reinstall/remove.

Matthias

[Jason L Tibbitts III]

> >>>> "MR" == Matthias Runge
> <mrunge(a)matthias-runge.de&gt; writes: 
MR> I absolutely don't want an package change files in my homedir during
MR> install/reinstall/remove.

It is not in general possible to do this in any case; packages should
never even attempt to do this kind of thing.  For example, my home
directories are automounted; root has no priviliges to access anything
under /home even if anything happens to be mounted at the time that
packages are updated.

 - J<