>> The R package is for local installation on a client that contains a hard
>> disk. The U version is for "diskless clients", where the system software
>> resides on a file server, say for a college class room for example, which
>> would save the cost of the disks and centralize software control and
>> updates.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Les H
"R" package:
/etc. Stuff that may be different between two machines.
"U" package (originally stands for /usr, which was commonly shared back
in 5.3):
binaries, libraries, help texts, docs, samples, etc. everything
that's static.
> OK, but how to devide the package say, FireFox or GIMP into such two packages?
> what must go to first "U" and what to second "R" ?
That's easy. From the output of `rpm -ql gimp`, put all files from /etc
into r, all the others into u.
Let's take a more complicated example, e.g. sendmail:
r /etc
u /sbin/conf.d
u /usr/bin
u /usr/lib
u /usr/sbin
u /usr/share
r /var/adm
r /var/lib/sendmail
r /var/run/sendmail
r /var/spool
Of course all this R and U packaging requires that the version of the R
package matches (1) the version of the U package on the local system and
(2) the version of the U package in /tftpboot. This is usually no
problem.
-`J'
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