[fedora-java] gcj-dbtool --rebuild

[David Walluck]

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Gary Benson wrote:
> Also, the per-package databases are in $prefix/lib/gcj/$name these
> days.

Someone mentioned that files in /usr/lib are not necessarily writable,
so that could break both the rebuild-gcj-db and rebuild-security
providers. But these scripts are only (normally) called  by rpm when it
installs or uninstalls packages and /usr/lib must be writable at this point.

I don't know how I feel about the Makefile idea. In any case, it should
never require user intervention. What besides sendmail is using this
method anyhow? IMO, `make' should be touched by packagers only,
certainly not by end users, and not even by system admins. Their work is
supposed to be done by rpm out of the box must of the time. One of the
good points about the existing scripts is that they are (a) completely
managed by rpm (b) transparent to the user *unless they fail of course).

- --
Sincerely,

David Walluck
<david at zarb.org>
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