Whit Blauvelt wrote:
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 11:58:14AM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
That's why I always thoroughly log all stuff installed by hand, along with extra configuration steps taken with RPM-installed items, and make sure the log's someplace where the next person can find it. In our
case we
maintain wikis for this sort of thing. It would be nice if there were a standard for where such notes should be left on the systems
themselves. Not aware
that there is one, though.
The standard place is for the rpm database to hold the list of files in each package and to the extent possible values for local config options to be split out as a file under /etc/sysconfig and somehow merged at runtime. And the standard for documentation would be matching man pages included in the package.
Les, that's not my question. My question is about there being a standard place to record what's installed _outside_ of the distro's package management scheme. IMHO telling people it's not proper to do that is an attempt to impose a local custom in a world where many people are more sophisticated, and blend customs from various communities.
<snip> Y'know, I sorta like that idea - say, a script or program that you can hand it info, such as if you've just built PHP the way I mentioned, and have it be added to the rpmdb. That would also let you know if you did a yum updgrade, and if a newer version than what you'd build had been added to the regular distro.
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