[2138] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: RedHat-Athena 5.1 packages
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Wed Sep 2 10:11:35 1998
To: amu@MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Cc: Salvatore Valente <svalente@MIT.EDU>, linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 02 Sep 1998 10:11:15 -0400
In-Reply-To: amu@MIT.EDU's message of 01 Sep 1998 22:05:59 -0400
amu@MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko) writes:
>
> Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU> writes:
>
> > Ideally, I think what we want to do is supply the actual SED script in
> > the Athena RPM(s?) and patch the file on the end-user system, rather
> > than applying the patch during build-time and installing the patched
> > file. I think its a lot easier this way in terms of upgrades by
> > end-users. At least, as long as we remain using the RPM system, we
> > should probably make it as RPM-friendly as possible.
>
> Yes, that's the idea; I just couldn't quite remember where I put the
> script in my install tree.
That's easy -- /etc/athena (I looked at the Makefile ;). Are you
going to be in SIPB at all today? I should be in today, and we can
work on it together.
Ideally, we should move the logic of which files need to get patched
from apply-patches into the RPM. So, apply-patches can have the
"logic", but the RPM has the "which files". So long as all of the
patches are in the same Athena RPM that also incudes apply-patches,
then we're fine.
-derek
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