greetings.
on firefox tsl, a user of ubuntu needs to run a lan system wide installation of an extension to firefox.
a reply was to create a .deb package and put in a local repository, add local repo to all clients repo list.
to add an extension to firefox, appending to some config files is required.
not recalling all abilities of rpm, my question is, can rpm/yum append to existing files?
tia.
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 9:24 AM, g geleem@bellsouth.net wrote:
not recalling all abilities of rpm, my question is, can rpm/yum append to existing files?
I'm not a super experienced rpm user but I don't know of any way to do it directly with rpm but you could use a scriptlet to do the work.
Depending on how the information needs to be added to the config file there are many ways to handle that part, whatever you can manage with common shell tools.
1. "cat" it onto the end? 2. sed
The best situation I think would be if there's a <config>.d/ type directory where you can just drop a config file in it. That way if you ever want to update it you can create a new plugin package to replace the file, and yum erase will work properly.
Richard
g wrote:
on firefox tsl, a user of ubuntu needs to run a lan system wide installation of an extension to firefox.
a reply was to create a .deb package and put in a local repository, add local repo to all clients repo list.
to add an extension to firefox, appending to some config files is required.
not recalling all abilities of rpm, my question is, can rpm/yum append to existing files?
It can. Whether it should is another matter. But the rpm scriptlets are run as root, so you can do most anything.
On 07/22/2011 02:24 PM, g wrote: <>
not recalling all abilities of rpm, my question is, can rpm/yum append to existing files?
to Richard Shaw and Todd Zullinger,
i thank you for your replies.
as yet, i have not been to rpm.org to refresh on operations of rpm and appending to files. i will do so in near future.
right now, i am refreshing on iptables so i can get back to another thread.
i did google rpm.org for 'scriptlet' and had 864 hits. none of which did i take time to go thru. obviously, or i would still be reading. ;)
again, thank you for replies.
i will post back when i find a positive/negative answer.
later.
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 2:37 PM, g geleem@bellsouth.net wrote:
On 07/22/2011 02:24 PM, g wrote: <>
not recalling all abilities of rpm, my question is, can rpm/yum append to existing files?
to Richard Shaw and Todd Zullinger,
i thank you for your replies.
as yet, i have not been to rpm.org to refresh on operations of rpm and appending to files. i will do so in near future.
right now, i am refreshing on iptables so i can get back to another thread.
i did google rpm.org for 'scriptlet' and had 864 hits. none of which did i take time to go thru. obviously, or i would still be reading. ;)
Sorry, I wasn't intentionally obtuse :)
A scriptlet is nothing more than a bash script within the spec file[1] of an RPM package. For your purposes I think the appropriate place to do what you're trying to do is in the "%post" section. This is executed after package install.
Also, if you want to undo whatever you do in the %post script then you would put that "scriptlet" in %postun.
Richard
On 07/22/2011 08:11 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: <>
Sorry, I wasn't intentionally obtuse :)
'obtuse' is by no means a word i would use in describing your help.
nor 'vague', by any stretching of imagination.
'nebulous', but a stretch of it's meaning.
'guiding in a general direction' does come to mind now that you have me thinking about. :)
A scriptlet is nothing more than a bash script within the spec file[1] of an RPM package. For your purposes I think the appropriate place to do what you're trying to do is in the "%post" section. This is executed after package install.
ok.more guidance. !yeah! ;)
Also, if you want to undo whatever you do in the %post script then you would put that "scriptlet" in %postun.
more guidance. !yeah! ;)
Richard
again, i thank you for you offerings of help.
i would not and do not expect an exact answer because what i am questioning is not something that would be normally needed.
[years ago, in 7th grade, my homeroom and english teacher told me i was impudent. when i told her 'thank you' and class cracked up laughing, she sent me to principal's office. because principal new me, even she cracked up laughing when i told her what happened. while principal and i walked back to the teacher, we had a very good and enjoyable conversation. when we entered teachers room, principal told her she did not believe that i was impudent and immediately transfered me to another homeroom and a new english teacher. i got along great with both of them.]
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 3:46 PM, g geleem@bellsouth.net wrote:
On 07/22/2011 08:11 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: <>
Sorry, I wasn't intentionally obtuse :)
'obtuse' is by no means a word i would use in describing your help.
Well that was a bit tongue-in-cheek :)
Yeah, I recently (last few months) became a Fedora and RPM Fusion packager and I've learned a great deal in a short amount of time troubleshooting packages (mine and others). I've still got a lot to learn so when I offer help I hope someone more experienced is around just in case I lead someone astray!
Richard
On 07/22/2011 08:55 PM, Richard Shaw wrote:
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 3:46 PM, g geleem@bellsouth.net wrote:
On 07/22/2011 08:11 PM, Richard Shaw wrote:
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Sorry, I wasn't intentionally obtuse :)
'obtuse' is by no means a word i would use in describing your help.
Well that was a bit tongue-in-cheek :)
slightly.
Yeah, I recently (last few months) became a Fedora and RPM Fusion packager and I've learned a great deal in a short amount of time troubleshooting packages (mine and others). I've still got a lot to learn so when I offer help I hope someone more experienced is around just in case I lead someone astray!
very few know everything about what they are doing when it is new. only with practice and time will you ever come near.
and hope that you never reach that finial point of knowing it all. life can and will become dull when there is nothing new.
i will pass along what my high school phys ed coach told me;
perseverance. always remember it and you will accomplish what you want.
i learned to apply it and it has proved very true.
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