Re: rpm user input
"Brian J. Murrell" <[email protected]> Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:13:57 -0400
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.redhat.rpm.general |
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| Organization | Sun Microsystems of Canada |
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On Thu, 2008-04-10 at 23:09 +0200, Toralf Lund wrote: > You can enter any program/command in the %pre and %post sections of the > spec, including ones that ask for user input. These sections are > essentially scripts that get executed before and after the files are > installed, respectively. If the %pre script(let) exits with a "false" > (non-0) status, the rpm won't actually be installed. Ehm. I thought interactivity in rpm scripts was verboten. I thought one of the primary tenets of RPM packages is that they MUST do their work without any interaction as interaction may not always be possible (think batch installation). b. _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
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