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Old 09-05-2008
RPM Package question

Hi,
I have built one RPM last year. now we have another version of that RPM. in previous release we had few extra files then now. so when user upgrade it those files get deleted by RPM package. We want to retain those files.

now for workaround i thought of backing up those file during "Preinstall" section and restore in "post install" but that too doesn't work because RPM package has that functionality to compare files and delete them even after "post install".

i am sure people has encountered this issue and have fix i have one more workaround and that worked but i was wondering if there is anything simpler way to do this using functionality of RPM.

Its now urgent foe me.
Thanks, Ajay
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TAP2RPM(1)																TAP2RPM(1)

NAME
tap2rpm - create RPM packages which wrap .tap files SYNOPSIS
tap2rpm [options] DESCRIPTION
Create a set of RPM/SRPM packages in the current directory -u, --unsigned do not sign the RPM package -t, --tapfile <tapfile> Build the application around the given .tap (default twistd.tap) -y, --type <type> The configuration has the given type . Allowable types are tap, source, xml and python. The first three types are mktap(1) output formats, while the last one is a manual building of application (see twistd(1), the -y option). -p, --protocol <protocol> The name of the protocol this will be used to serve. This is intended as a part of the description. Default is the name of the tap- file, minus any extensions. -d, --rpmfile <rpmfile> The name of the RPM package. Default is 'twisted-'+protocol. -V, --set-version <version> The version of the RPM package. The default is 1.0 -e, --description <description> The one-line description. Default is uninteresting. -l, --long_description <long_description> A multi-line description. Default is explanation about this being an automatic package created from tap2rpm. -m, --maintainer <maintainer> The maintainer, as "Name Lastname <email address>". This will go in the meta-files, as well as be used as the id to sign the pack- age. --version Output version information and exit. AUTHOR
tap2rpm was written by Sean Reifschneider based on tap2deb by Moshe Zadka. This man page is heavily based on the tap2deb man page by Moshe Zadka. REPORTING BUGS
To report a bug, visit http://twistedmatrix.com/bugs/ COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2000-2008 Twisted Matrix Laboratories. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU- LAR PURPOSE. SEE ALSO
mktap(1) July 2001 TAP2RPM(1)