From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.78 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.8 sun4u) Description of problem: In looking at the man page for rpm, I don't see the option to exclude files from installation. I would like to see the option say: --excludes, which handles regexps (to include full pathnames along with just file names). The excludes should point to a file containing the above. I'm not sure how much regexp'ing you really want to add. The poor man's way is probably sufficient. For example webster, you don't have to use this.*is.*a.*test - just this*is*a*test, with ^ and $ automatically implied. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. DNA 2. 3. Actual Results: DNA Expected Results: DNA Additional info: DNA
FWF, rpm already has --excludepath option. Permitting globs is not easy, as the path is also used as a retrieval key, and databases, unlike file systems, don't permit wildcards.
Just would like to clarify on the man page entry... <path> can contain a file, and with in that file can contain various paths for exclusion?
The option --excludepath takes a full absolute path to a directory or file. You can add multiple entries if desired. Also make sure that you are using rpm-4.0.3, as the option may have been broken in rpm-4.0.2, I fergit.
I think this problem is resolved. Please reopen if I'm mistaken.