> Not knowing anything about how RPM works internally, can an rpm install
> run a script before installing any files? That could easily check for
> free space..
Yes. You can run a pre-install script. However, since
this script must be embedded in the spec file (can't be
a separate file since you haven't copied anything to the
target machine), it would be quite tricky to generate the
directory size list at RPM build time.
Following this route leads to "make a small single-file
RPM that installs the installation script for the main RPM".
Beginning to sound like a lot of Windows' installers (where
setup.exe just copies the main install engine).
But, yes, embedding this functionality in RPM itself
is the way to go.
Kenn
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