A Very Basic RPM Doubt

[Lis Maria]

Hi

I have a doubt which seems to be very basic. I have done few RPM building
and deployments and may be i just missed this point somewhere.

When we give rpmbuild -ba <spec file>, this command executes the
%prep,%build and %install sections mentioned in the SPEC file and also
created the binary and source RPMs..right???

Likewise, when we give rpm -Uvh <the binay rpm name>, how does the RPM know
that it has to execute the %post section after installing the RPM???

Thanks,

Lis Thomas

[Jos Vos]

Post by Lis Maria
Likewise, when we give rpm -Uvh <the binay rpm name>, how does the RPM know
that it has to execute the %post section after installing the RPM???

The %post (and %pre etc.) sections are stored in the header of the
binary RPM during the build, so they can be used when installing
the binary RPM.

[Lis Maria]

Thank You !!!

Post by Jos Vos

Post by Lis Maria
Likewise, when we give rpm -Uvh <the binay rpm name>, how does the RPM

know

Post by Lis Maria
that it has to execute the %post section after installing the RPM???

The %post (and %pre etc.) sections are stored in the header of the
binary RPM during the build, so they can be used when installing
the binary RPM.
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