hook into rpm install/update/deletion of any package (for etckeeper)
seth vidal
skvidal at fedoraproject.org
Mon May 19 18:11:43 UTC 2008
On Mon, 2008-05-19 at 20:02 +0200, Till Maas wrote:
> Hiyas,
>
> is it possible to hook into rpm in a way that an arbitray programm is run
> whenever a package is installed, updated or deleted?
>
> I want to test etckeeper:
> http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/etckeeper/
> This programm creates a repository for /etc and keeps track of changes that
> are done there via package updates and therefore it needs to hook into rpm as
> far as I can see. Is it maybe possible to do this with something
> like %trigger?
>
don't do it in a trigger.
You may consider looking at a yum plugin like this one:
http://www.mail-archive.com/yum-devel@linux.duke.edu/msg00193.html
and modifying it for your needs.
-sv
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