No, you can not overwrite system files during installation of the rpm packages. Yum or rpm refuse to install package which conflicts with already installed package.
2014-05-10 15:28 GMT+04:00 James K. Williams <james.k.willi...@comcast.net>: > Ah, yes, I see now that you have followed the packaging guidelines. I did > not know they recommended avoiding relocatable packages, and I also did not > know that they recommended against installing packages in /opt. Now I > understand. I retract my suggestion. Thank you for your quick response, and > thanks again for packaging scid into an rpm. > > I always thought that it was a bad idea to install anything in /usr/bin > because you might accidentally overwrite a system command. For example, you > could write a package that installs an executable named "ls." What prevents > you from doing that? Do you simply have to be very careful? > > ________________________________ > From: "Mikhail Kalenkov" <mikhail.kalen...@gmail.com> > To: scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2014 7:02:52 AM > Subject: Re: [Scid-users] Relocatable SCID RPM for Linux > > Hi James, > > I made scid rpm package following "Fedora Packaging Guidelines" [1]. > It recommends to avoid relocatable packages. For instance they say > that relocatable package can not be installed by yum. I guess it is > strong argument against relocatable package. > > I do not see any inconvenience in keeping scid in /usr, especially if > you install it using package manager. > > [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines > > Best regards, > Mikhail Kalenkov. > > > 2014-05-10 1:21 GMT+04:00 James K. Williams <james.k.willi...@comcast.net>: >> This is a message to Mikhail Kalenkov, who was kind enough to build a scid >> RPM for Fedora available at http://katrine.lpi.ru/kalenkov/. >> >> Thank you very much for providing the RPM. It is much, much simpler than >> having to build scid from source code. But I have a suggestion. Can you >> please modify the package to be relocatable? Right now, it installs scid >> in >> /usr/bin. I would prefer to install it in /opt, which is the preferred >> directory in the Linux FHS standard for installing third-party >> applications. >> I like to preserve /usr/bin and /bin for operating system user-level >> commands. >> >> The current RPM is unrelocatable, which you can verify by typing >> >> rpm -qi scid >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Is your legacy SCM system holding you back? Join Perforce May 7 to find >> out: >> • 3 signs your SCM is hindering your productivity >> • Requirements for releasing software faster >> • Expert tips and advice for migrating your SCM now >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/perforce >> _______________________________________________ >> Scid-users mailing list >> Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Is your legacy SCM system holding you back? Join Perforce May 7 to find out: > • 3 signs your SCM is hindering your productivity > • Requirements for releasing software faster > • Expert tips and advice for migrating your SCM now > http://p.sf.net/sfu/perforce > _______________________________________________ > Scid-users mailing list > Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Is your legacy SCM system holding you back? Join Perforce May 7 to find out: • 3 signs your SCM is hindering your productivity • Requirements for releasing software faster • Expert tips and advice for migrating your SCM now http://p.sf.net/sfu/perforce _______________________________________________ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
