touch

[Eric Tanguy]

I need to touch a file in spec file. I think the better place is at the 
end of %prep ?
I need to BR something special for this ?
Is it ok to do this ?
Thanks
Eric

[Ralf Corsepius]

On 07/20/2009 06:55 PM, Eric Tanguy wrote:
>  I need to touch a file in spec file. I think the better place is at
> the
>  end of %prep ? 
Depends on what you actually are doing.
"touch" may serve for different purposes.

>  I need to BR something special for this ? 
No, touch is part of
coreutils, which can safely be assumed to be present.

>  Is it ok to do this ? 
Again, depends on what you intend to do.

Ralf

[Eric Tanguy]

Le 20/07/2009 19:07, Ralf Corsepius a écrit :
>  On 07/20/2009 06:55 PM, Eric Tanguy wrote:
> > I need to touch a file in spec file. I think the better place is at the
> > end of %prep ?
>  Depends on what you actually are doing.
>  "touch" may serve for different purposes. 
I need to touch the
configuration file for Qt Assistant in a manual 
package to make Assistant update the cache during an update. You can 
follow the discussion upstream : 
https://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=3333352&forum_id=70...

> > I need to BR something special for this ?
>  No, touch is part of coreutils, which can safely be assumed to be 
>  present.
>
> > Is it ok to do this ?
>  Again, depends on what you intend to do.
>
>  Ralf
>
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[Bruno Wolff III]

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 20:28:24 +0200,
  Eric Tanguy <eric.tanguy(a)univ-nantes.fr&gt; wrote:
>  Le 20/07/2009 19:07, Ralf Corsepius a écrit :
> > On 07/20/2009 06:55 PM, Eric Tanguy wrote:
> >> I need to touch a file in spec file. I think the better place is at the
> >> end of %prep ?
> > Depends on what you actually are doing.
> > "touch" may serve for different purposes.
>  I need to touch the configuration file for Qt Assistant in a manual  
>  package to make Assistant update the cache during an update. You can  
>  follow the discussion upstream :  
>  https://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=3333352&forum_id=70... 
If the touch needs to happen when the update is applied, then it probably
needs to be in post (and maybe postun as well). And for stuff done in
post and postun you can't assume coreutils and will need to add appropriate
requires.
Requires(post): coreutils
Requires(postun): coreutils

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 18:55:51 +0200,
  Eric Tanguy <eric.tanguy(a)univ-nantes.fr&gt; wrote:
>  I need to touch a file in spec file. I think the better place is at
> the  
>  end of %prep ?
>  I need to BR something special for this ?
>  Is it ok to do this ? 
"touch" is in coreutils which doesn't need to be BR'd. See:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Exceptions_2