No, it's most likely because the link is "created" during a "post-install" script, not listed in the "official file list" which RPM uses to populate its database.
On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 23:02:52 -0400 Kurt Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoth Michael Hipp: > > Kurt Wall wrote: > > >I'm betting that a %post-install script creates a symlink. Perhaps > > >a command like "rpm -q --scripts pkg.name.rpm" (if memory serves) > > >will tell you what you want to know? You're looking for a command > > >that creates a symlink. It's been awhile since I was intimate with > > >RPM, but symlinks created by a post-install script aren't considered > > >(or weren't at one time) as part of the RPM, although a properly-crafted > > >remove script (executed when you "rpm -e pkg.name.rpm") will remove > > >symlinks created when the RPM was installed. > > > > That's it. It is a symlink (no doubt created by a script as you said). > > Still seems like an erroneous result to say it belongs to no package > > when in fact it certainly does. Being able to figure out who/what > > installed a particular file is a basic package management feature, IMHO. > > Perhaps. RPM's notion of a file list does not include symlinks created > outside that list. This constitutes a design flaw, perhaps, but there > might be reasons for this decision to which I'm not privy. In any > event, I'm glad we worked out the problem. > > Kurt > -- > Today is the first day of the rest of your lossage. > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > > -- Matthew Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.eisgr.com/ Enterprise Information Systems * Network Server Appliances * Network Consulting, Integration & Support * Web Integration and E-Business _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
