The R package is for local installation on a client that contains a hard disk. The U version is for "diskless clients", where the system software resides on a file server, say for a college class room for example, which would save the cost of the disks and centralize software control and updates.
Regards, Les H
"R" package: /etc. Stuff that may be different between two machines. "U" package (originally stands for /usr, which was commonly shared back in 5.3): binaries, libraries, help texts, docs, samples, etc. everything that's static.
OK, but how to devide the package say, FireFox or GIMP into such two packages? what must go to first "U" and what to second "R" ?
That's easy. From the output of `rpm -ql gimp`, put all files from /etc into r, all the others into u. Let's take a more complicated example, e.g. sendmail: r /etc u /sbin/conf.d u /usr/bin u /usr/lib u /usr/sbin u /usr/share r /var/adm r /var/lib/sendmail r /var/run/sendmail r /var/spool Of course all this R and U packaging requires that the version of the R package matches (1) the version of the U package on the local system and (2) the version of the U package in /tftpboot. This is usually no problem. -`J' -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org