RPM macros question

[Dmitry Makovey]

On August 2, 2012 20:12:10 Paul Howarth wrote:
> I don't think there's a standard for this, but an approach I've used
> with success is to test for the existence of the /run/lock directory:
> 
> # If directory /run/lock exists, do a systemd-based build; otherwise,a
> sysvinit-based build 
> %global use_systemd %([ -d /run/lock ] && echo 1 || echo 0)

That's a good idea, thanks Paul.

Being paranoid I'm thinking of adding a step:

%global use_systemd %([ -d /run/lock ] && rpm --quiet -qf /run/lock && echo 1 
|| echo 0)

that should make sure /run/lock is not there because it happened that sysadmin 
just decided create it manually and doesn't happen to run any systemd... Does 
that make sense?

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