Re: rpm:s

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

Dennis Bjorklund <db zigo dhs org> writes:
> What is the suggested way to create rpm:s for programs that use gconf?
> 
> Typically a make install runs gconftool to install the schema files, and
> that is of course not good if you run the make install as part of building
> an rpm. I've seen src.rpm:s that do this and it "workes" when you build it
> as root, which is something I never do.
> 
> So, one is supposed to use gconftool to install schemas, but how do one
> uninstall them? The resulting rpm must be possible to uninstall.
> 
> If one compare with info files, these are installed where they should be
> and then one run install-info. Shall one do something similar and install
> the schema in /etc/gconf/schemas/ and then run gconftool?
> 
> It would be good with some guidelines since a lot of people create rpm:s
> and if different rpm:s use different methodes it can be a problem?
> 

My suggestion is:

 - make install should not run gconftool, or the results of running it 
   should be ignored
 - in %post, run gconftool on the schema files, installing to a
   backend determined by distribution policy
 - don't worry about uninstall, there's no real advantage to removing
   schemas from the database (in fact they should probably remain so 
   people can decipher settings that remain in their personal database)

Havoc