confused about %config file directive

[Sheldon Plankton]

I just thought I should mention that I have tried to "patch" but found
that I wasn't able
to get it work if the file being patched wasn't what the patch had
expected and I
would end up with "rejected" chunks :(

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 10:40 AM,  <Greg_Swift at aotx.uscourts.gov> wrote:
>> I want to create two RPMs.  The first RPM install apache and I call it
>> my-apache.rpm and a second my-apache-config.rpm.  my-apache.rpm
>> installs apache and my-apache-config.rpm adds some files like
>> /usr/local/apache/conf/extra/my.conf but I also want it to overwrite
>> my-apache.rpm's /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf with a custom
>> httpd.conf
>>
>> In my-apache.spec I used these lines:
>>
>> %files
>> ...
>> %config /apps/SD/apache/conf/httpd.conf
>>
>> but when I attempt to install the RPM via YUM I get an error
>>
>> Transaction Check Error:
>>   file /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf from install of
>> my-apache-config conflicts with file from package my-apache
>>
>> I tried not using the %config directive and had the same result.  How
>> can I specify in my spec file that it is OK to overwrite a file?
>
> There is no clean, right, or easy way to do this (at least not that I've
> found so please please please, someone correct me and prove me wrong).  We
> suffer from the same problem and have several kludges that we use to
> bludgeon the files into the system.  There is supposed to be a talk about
> managing config files at the upcoming Red Hat Summit later this month, the
> presentations should be available on the site afterwards if you are
> interested.
>
> -greg
>
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