On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > Another issue: > > rpms may have certain pre/post-[un]install script that deal with the data in > /etc or in /var . Frankly they may want to do some strange thing with > files in /usr , though I can't think of a specific example.
symlinks are likely. I believe Debian has symlinks from /usr pointing to /etc and from there back into /usr. It uses this so that ssh is used in place of rsh if rsh isn't installed. The so-called alternatives feature. RH has adopted this for some packages, and presumably will add more over time. That aside, rpms do install into /etc and /var. -- Cheers John. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb
