On 05/16/2012 12:23 PM, Marcus Meissner wrote:

On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 12:14:37PM +0200, Isaac Hailperin wrote:

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Hi,

I am building a package that needs to configure logrotate. Now two possiblities come to my mind:

a) Put /etc/logrotate.d/mypackage in the rpm and install it just like any other file from the package b) Create /etc/logrotate.d/mypackage with a postinstall script

I was wondering which way is the "best" or most common way to do things like this for rpms. But also in the light of the build service, where I want to create rpms and debs alike. Install it as a %config marked file.

Do not use %post for this. And if I would like to edit the logroatet config of some other package? I would use sed to edit it in a postinstall script. Is that the way to it?

Isaac -- Isaac Hailperin Heinlein Professional Linux Support GmbH Linux: Akademie - Support - Hosting http://www.heinlein-support.de Tel: 030-405051-45 Fax: 030-405051-19 Zwangsangaben lt. §35a GmbHG: HRB 93818 B / Amtsgericht Berlin-Charlottenburg, Geschäftsführer: Peer Heinlein -- Sitz: Berlin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+owner@opensuse.org

On 05/16/2012 03:42 PM, Marcus Meissner wrote:

On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 03:40:42PM +0200, Isaac Hailperin wrote:

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On 05/16/2012 12:23 PM, Marcus Meissner wrote:

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On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 12:14:37PM +0200, Isaac Hailperin wrote:

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Hi,

I am building a package that needs to configure logrotate. Now two possiblities come to my mind:

a) Put /etc/logrotate.d/mypackage in the rpm and install it just like any other file from the package b) Create /etc/logrotate.d/mypackage with a postinstall script

I was wondering which way is the "best" or most common way to do things like this for rpms. But also in the light of the build service, where I want to create rpms and debs alike. Install it as a %config marked file.

Do not use %post for this. And if I would like to edit the logroatet config of some other package? I would use sed to edit it in a postinstall script. Is that the way to it? Why would you want to do that? I cannot think of a good example right away. We have a package that analyses mail logs. Each time the log is rotated, the daemon that watches the log needs to be restarted. There might be other solutions, but I am just packaging it, so I have to deal with it :)

But probably it is the way to do it, although it is bad to touch other packages files. Thank you. I agree with not touching other packages files, but currently there is no other solution.

Isaac -- Isaac Hailperin Heinlein Professional Linux Support GmbH Linux: Akademie - Support - Hosting http://www.heinlein-support.de Tel: 030-405051-45 Fax: 030-405051-19 Zwangsangaben lt. §35a GmbHG: HRB 93818 B / Amtsgericht Berlin-Charlottenburg, Geschäftsführer: Peer Heinlein -- Sitz: Berlin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+owner@opensuse.org