To do *that*, you would either have to re-create the RPMs involved, or
write a "post-install" script that replaced the relavent files. The
latter wouldn't be quite as automatic as you want but it would a heck of
a lot easier.
DCH wrote:
>
> Jean-Louis Debert wrote:
>
> > root wrote:
> > > After a lot of download and adjusting work I finished a homebrew
> > > Mandrake-iso, which I burned on CD. But it only contains the default
> > > configuration files...
> > > Is there a possibility to include my adjusted configuration files (i.e.
> > > isdn-files, crontab...) in the installation files on the CD?
> > > Ok, I could backup /etc on a disk and then overwrite the install
> > > settings, but hopefully there is another, more elegant way...
> > > Any sort of help appreciated!
> >
> > To manage this:
> > 1. mount your CD normally, as a normal iso9660 fs.
> > Note. now it's too late, but you _could_ have done it _before_
> > burning anything, by mounting your cd _image_ with the "loopback"
> > option. This may be useful later on.
> >
> > 2. in your CD burning program set the input to both the tree
> > in your current CD, and the new files you want to integrate.
> >
> > 3. generate a new image. You _don't_ have to burn it yet,
> > (if you have enough work disk space) you can check it
> > by mounting it with "loopback".
> >
> > 4. when you are satisfied, you can burn it.
> >
> > --
> > Jean-Louis Debert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 74 Annemasse France
> > old Linux fan
>
> Dear Mail-list!
>
> Maybe you didn't get my point...
> I meant to include my adjusted configuration files in a way
> that they are installed intead of the default ones.
> For example, there is the file /etc/smb.conf. It contains
> only the default values and I would like to have my
> smb.conf with my adjusted values placed in the /etc
> directory during install. Then I wouldn't have to adjust them
> after the installation...
> So to speak: Is it possible to have my adjusted config files
> (i.e. my current /etc-directory) installed instead of the
> ones Mandrake included?
> I know it's a difficult task...
> Thanks in advance.
>
> David.
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