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begin Peter D. Junger quotation:
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>That was sort of stupid of me, but I thought I should warn others
>of the problem. Wouldn't it be nice if RPM's contained a file
>warning where they put things---especially configuration files?
They do in a roundabout way. Install with rpm -ivvh and it will list
all files and their full path and show you all pre|postinstall and
pre|postuninstall scripts as well.
There's no need to put a warning in every rpm postinstall script about
all the possible gotchas. That's what man pages are for. Your job as
an experienced sysadmin is to read the documentation before you start
configuring stuff, then configure everything before you start testing.
Admittedly, that is something that is VERY hard for all of us to do. We
all get burned by it quite frequently. IOW, we can't blame our own lack
of discipline on the rpm package. That's like blaming gun deaths on the
gun instead of the guy holding it. (Guess how I feel about gun control)
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