Charles A Edwards wrote: > On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 15:12:09 -0500 > "J. Craig Woods" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>I am not the poster that originally posted that Samba came without ACL >>support but my question to you still stands *UN*answered. Although you >>were unable or unwilling to answer the question, I asked a very simple >>question: where is this "samba.spec" file your refer to? While doing an >>install of 8.2, I chose to have Samba installed. Now, my installed has >>completed, and there is no samba.spec file. I realize that if, after my >>OS installation, I decided to build and intall Samba, I would then find >>a "samba.spec" file. BUT after doing a complete OS installation with >>Samba selected, where is the samba.spec file? I contend that there is >>no such file. So how would I know what "--configure-with" options have >>been used on Samba? >> >>The originator of this thread stated that no ACL support was compiled >>into the Samba that was installed while doing the system install. I >>think I hear you saying, "yes, it was". Again, my question is very >>simple, "how would I know what samba is compiled with since no >>samba.spec will exist on the system"? > > > > You will not know. > > With an rpm pkg any option passed to configure must be done at the behest of the >person building the rpm. > > After installation of an rpm your only way of knowing what options are/are not >supported: if it works it is, if it doesn't it's not. > > > Charles
Congratulations are in order for Charles. He actually read the email, and answered a very simple question. After many times reading the man on rpm, I suspected this was the answer but it seems like there should be a way to know what options are compiled into an rpm package that is installed at the time of the system install. Thanks Charles, Craig Woods UNIX SA
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