[5790] in RedHat Linux List
why /etc/HOSTNAME was blown away during 3.03->4.0
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wierdl Mate)
Sat Nov 23 20:22:14 1996
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Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 19:19:50 -0600
From: Wierdl Mate <matyi@wierdlmpc.msci.memphis.edu>
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There were many people who complained that their /etc/hosts,
/etc/HOSTNAME, etc., files were not rpmsaved during the RH 3.03 -> 4.0
upgrade. It seems that rpm still does not know about these files:
$ rpm -qf /etc/HOSTNAME
file /etc/HOSTNAME is not owned by any package
$ rpm -qf /etc/hosts
file /etc/hosts is not owned by any package
So it seems they will not be rpmsaved during the next RH upgrade
either.
I have come across a situation which might be similar:
Suppose I have, in a specfile
%files
%config /etc/qmail/control
where /etc/qmail/control is a directory. It turns out that all the
files in /etc/qmail/control get created under %post. Will these files
get rpmsaved during upgrade? Glint certainly does not show any files
from /etc/qmail/control when I query the package. Or,
$ rpm -qf /etc/qmail/control/me
file /etc/qmail/control/me is not owned by any package
Would it make any difference if I listed the files of
/etc/qmail/control one by one under %config (but I still create the
files under %post)?
Thanks,
(Please answer to me directly, I do not seem to be getting any mail
from RedHat in the last few days)
Mate
M\'at\'e Wierdl
Department of Mathematical Sciences
University of Memphis,
E-mail: matyi@moni.msci.memphis.edu
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