-----Original Message----- From: Charlie Brady [mailto:charlieb@;e-smith.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 11:01 AM Subject: [e-smith-devinfo] Custom templates/flexbackup and rewind (was Re: flexbackup contribs available)
> On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Darrell May wrote: > > > Darrell May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > > dmc-mitel-flexbackup-0.0.1-1.noarch.rpm > > > > ...Forgot to mention this also removes via a custom template the > > rewind after dd in /sbin/e-smith/backup. > > RPM packages should never contain custom templates. Custom > templates are provided to allow local customisation, and > should always be available to the local administrator. > > What you should do here is to make a patch to the e-smith- > flexbackup package, and release it as, say, e-smith- > flexbackup-1.6.0-01norewind or > e-smith-flexbackup-1.6.0-01dmc. Or, perhaps a third level in the template expansion process. 1. Custom Templates 2. Vendor Templates 3. Mitel Templates This would allow vendors to create packages with template fragments, without requiring changes to the Mitel base, and without overwriting any end-user templates. Might confuse the heck out of the local admins for a while, though :-) /etc/e-smith/templates-vendor /etc/e-smith/templates-user-vendor Scott -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
