On Wed, 2017-10-25 at 12:49 +0200, Igor Gnatenko wrote: > On Wed, 2017-10-25 at 13:46 +0300, Panu Matilainen wrote: > So I'm wondering how to make this less ugly. > > > > The first thing that comes to mind is adding a %hidden virtual > > attribute > > and using it on build-ids (which are in a hidden directory on the > > filesystem), which would hide such files rpm -ql etc output by > > default > > (but with a cli-switch to show it all). > > > > Another option would be hiding files and directories starting with > > dot, > > ie mirror the filesystem behavior. Obviously with a switch to show > > them too. > > > > The idea of being able to hide arbitrary files from default output > > makes > > me a bit queasy. And also %hidden wouldn't help with existing > > packages, > > (mass) rebuilds are needed with that option. So it seems like two > > points > > in favor of the fs behavior, but dunno. > > > > Thoughts, comments, better ideas? > > I definitely like FS approach (2). But also having %hidden (1) would > find its use I think.
I don't like the name %hidden, but I think that having an official attribute like "%artificial" might be the correct way to go. Then any file added by rpm/file trigger/etc that wasn't explicitly mentioned in the spec %files list could get that attribute. If you have that then you can have a rpm -qA to list all "artificial" files of the rpm (and rpm -qlA would show all). I don't like the hide .dot files heuristic. People might have explicitly added .dot files to their spec %files. Then I think they should be shown by default I think. But maybe explicitly treat /.build-id/ as artificial and then add an official %artificial for all "future" use would be a good compromise? Cheers, Mark _______________________________________________ Rpm-maint mailing list Rpm-maint@lists.rpm.org http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-maint
