[Fedora-packaging] Re: pre-install and post install instructions in a rpm

[Axel Thimm]

On Sun, Jun 10, 2007 at 10:20:21AM -0500, lostson wrote:
>  Hello all 
>  I am trying to package up obconf 2.0 with the new openbox 3.4 and am
> having troubles. With obconf upon install and uninstall I need to run
> these two commands.
> 
> update-mime-database /usr/share/mime
> update-desktop-database /usr/share/applications
> 
> I was reading some documentation that was talking about possibly using shell 
> scripts to issue those commands both on install and uninstall. Is this the correct 
> procedure or is there a more efficient way, thanks.

In general scriplets that are to be run during
installation/removal/upgrade are covered by rpm, read for example

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/drafts/rpm-guide-en/ch09s04.html#id2972291
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/drafts/rpm-guide-en/ch22s03.html#id3046054
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Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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