Why most run Microsoft, not RedHat

[Zoltan Boszormenyi]

Mikkel L. Ellertson írta:
> Zoltan Boszormenyi wrote:
>   
>> Mikkel L. Ellertson írta:
>>     
>>> Zoltan Boszormenyi wrote:
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>>>       
>>>> He was a bit tricky to
>>>> use chattr +i on /bin/login and some other progs.
>>>> BTW, although rpm complained that it cannot replace
>>>> those, why isn't it prepared for such scenarios?
>>>> RPM is made for Linux, it should certainly know
>>>> about special filesystem flags and handle them.
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> How should rpm handle it? Rpm has no way of knowing why the
>>>   
>>>       
>> How?
>>
>> 1. be able to specify special flags in the specfile and apply them upon
>> install
>> 2. detect if the filesystem doesn't handle such specials and make note
>> of it in the rpmdb
>> 3. clear them before uninstalling or upgrading
>> 4. detect if it was modified, report it with rpmv
>>     (skip this check if the rpmdb indicates it, see 2)
>>
>>
>>     
> Why? What would the advantages be? Do they overcome the drawbacks of
> rpm being able to change a file that you set the immutable flag on?
>
> Mikkel
>   

Yes, see 3.