[Rule-list] Installing RPM without docs

[Michael Fratoni]

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On Wednesday 29 May 2002 11:13 pm, Marco Fioretti wrote:

> > For the slinky installer, easily done. (And I like the idea.)
> > It would only require the addition of a few lines to the scripts.
> >
> > For miniconda, probably, but it would require some hacking.
> > I'll have to look into it.
>
> OK. We have also to keep in mind that this should coexist with the
> post install script we are planning to run, to remove unneeded files
> (which only *sometimes* are docs). Those scripts should not abort or
> complain trying to remove dirs/files never installed, and *not* remove
> docs (without asking) if the user said "keep them".

Easily handled, I believe. For slinky, we just ask the question, store the 
answer, and export it. The post install script can check the value of the 
exported variable, and determine what it should or should not remove.

As for aborting or printing error messages, 'rm -Rf /path/to/be/nuked' 
will do exactly as it's told, and never complain if the file doesn't 
exist. It will of course also comply with 'rm -Rf /' when run as root. :)

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