From a92aaad9c59ad9843503033f03fb9bc87b251c0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guillaume Rousse Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:12:29 +0000 Subject: real documentation --- README | 84 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 91b4037..8991e9c 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,29 +1,55 @@ -From: Frederic Lepied -Subject: [Cooker] spec-helper -To: cooker@linux-mandrake.com -Date: 22 Feb 2000 14:45:21 +0100 - -For information. - -Starting from rpm-3.0.4-0.2mdk, the spec-helper package must be -installed as a dependency of the rpm-build package. - -The spec-helper script is called automatically at the end of the -%install section to compress info and man pages, strip files and -remove backup files from the $RPM_BUILD_ROOT dir. The %install section -can be cleaned off this tasks but the %files section about man and -info pages must be specified without the .bz2 extension but with an * -instead. The goal is to have vendor neutral spec files. - -Example: - -%files -/usr/man/man1/alias.1* - -and not - -%files -/usr/man/man1/alias.1.bz2 - --- -Fred - May the source be with you \ No newline at end of file +spec-helper is a set of helper scripts to be executed at package installation +time. They are automatically invocated at the end of the %install section to +perform various tasks. Here is a list of them, along with their usage +instructions: + +clean_files +remove backup files. +Set DONT_CLEANUP to disable. + +compress_files +compress man and info pages. +Set DONT_COMPRESS to disable. + +strip_files +Strip binary files. +Set DONT_STRIP to disable, or EXCLUDE_FROM_STRIP to give a space-separated list +of files exceptions. + +relink_symlinks +Relativize absolute symlinks. +Set DONT_RELINK to disable. + +clean_perl +Remove useless files in perl tree. +Set DONT_CLEAN_PERL to disable. + +lib_symlinks +Run ldconfig to create symlinks to libraries. +Set DONT_SYMLINK_LIBS to disable. + +gprintify +rewrite "bla $TOTO bla" in "bla %s bla" $TOTO in +echo/failure/success/passed/daemon/action and replace echo by gprintf. +Set DONT_GPRINTIFY to disable. + +fix-mo +Fix bad translations. +Set DONT_FIX_MO to disable. + +translate_menu +Change the menu sections. +Set DONT_TRANSLATE_MENU to disable. + +fixpamd +Fix pam.d config files. +Set DONT_FIX_PAMD_CONFIGS to disable. + +remove_info_dir +Remove info directories. +Set DONT_REMOVE_INFO_DIR to disable. + +fix-eol +Convert end of line patterns from DOS to UNIX. +Set DONT_FIX_EOL to disable, or EXCLUDE_FROM_EOL_CONVERSION to give a +space-separated list of files exceptions. -- cgit v1.2.1