RE: [cobalt-users] RaQ 4 PKG "howto"

[Arthur Sherman <arturs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have certainly missed this how-to. It's a pity.

Arthur Sherman
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Zeffie
> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 05:52
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] RaQ 4 PKG "howto"
> 
> > It's not perfect, and certainly not 100% complete, but it 
> shows how I
> built
> > a simple RaQ 3/4 PKG.
> >
> > Read it (and add to it!) at
> 
> Bruce,
> 
> I checked over the how to you made and I would like to "add" to it.
> 
> I would suggest you discontinue the usage of "--nodeps 
> --noscripts and --force" as it is not consistant or an 
> accectable practice... While these options can be used, in 
> this example they are not being used correctly..  They simply 
> imply that the rpm being used was not built around the 
> destination or just that something is wrong.
> 
> I would suggest you move the " Delete md5lst files for any 
> existing (older) version" section to after the install of the 
> rpms... since if your install fails you will have still 
> changed the system records for what is installed...  This 
> would actually hide the attempted pkg install and the 
> pre-existing install of rsync...
> 
> About your removing any pre-existing rpms before your install 
> and I think it's safe to say it would be better to increase 
> the release number instead of trying to replace it which is 
> the only reason I can think you would do that... rpm will 
> take care of all of that for you and as long as your building 
> your rpms correctly... Then this step becomes unneeded....
> 
> oh and the index thing is just for the raq2/older stuff
> 
> Zeffie
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