Conditional RPM installation

taby2b · 02-17-2010, 04:59 PM

Hey Guys,

Essentially I want to install an RPM that can performs certain actions upon a conditional flag.

Basically, what I want is only one RPM that will (1) perform some base actions + rebuild all databases by default OR (2) perform same base actions + leave databases intact if I were to specify a flag of some sort. This is best illustrated by the following pseudocode:

e.g.

Rebuild databases (default installation):
rpm -ivh myrpm.rpm

Leave databases intact (conditional installation):
rpm -ivh --define "rebuild no" myrpm.rpm

I know this is possible when building an RPM by using %define tags in the .spec file but is it possible when installing an RPM ?

Any help appreciated

unSpawn · 02-18-2010, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by taby2b

I know this is possible when building an RPM by using %define tags in the .spec file but is it possible when installing an RPM ?

Maybe you could use some sort of environment variable or emtpy file serving as trigger but as far as I know using some sort of custom --flag is not possible.