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Operating Systems Linux Red Hat rpm --justdb Post 302469632 by JamesByars on Sunday 7th of November 2010 10:25:52 AM
Old 11-07-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by fpmurphy
The short answer is - in theory the --justdb option is not intended to run any pre or post scripts.

To confirm that that is actually true for the particular RPM installer you are using, you would have to examine it's source code. In particular, examine all instances of RPMTRANS_FLAG_JUSTDB.
ok, thanks for that
 

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gpt-postinstall

GPT-POSTINSTALL(8)					User Contributed Perl Documentation					GPT-POSTINSTALL(8)

NAME

       gpt-postinstall - Searches for post install scripts and executes them

SYNOPSIS

	 gpt-postinstall [-help -force -version -man -location ]

DESCRIPTION

       gpt-postinstall Searches an installation for post-install scripts that have not been run yet and executes them.	These scripts are
       installed by Setup packages and are designed to localize an installation. The -force flag can be used to re-run all of the setup scripts.

OPTIONS

       -force  forces all action to be taken, regardless of state.

       -help   Print a brief help message and exits.

       -man    Prints the manual page and exits.

       -version
	       Prints the version of GPT and exits.

       -location
	       Location indicates the path to the Globus installation that will be used.

SEE ALSO

       gpt-install(1) gpt-uninstall(1) gpt-verify(1)

AUTHOR

       Michael Bletzinger <mbletzin.ncsa.uiuc.edu> and Eric Blau <eblau.ncsa.uiuc.edu>

perl v5.14.2							    2012-04-30							GPT-POSTINSTALL(8)
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