<div dir="ltr">Scott:<div><br></div><div style>What you are saying is, let me understand.</div><div style><br></div><div style>Install SLES Tomcat rpm that comes from a SLES repo.</div><div style><br></div><div style>Then install customizedTomcat.rpm with a dep on SLES's Tomcat </div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Upon un-install should I put the %un section scripts to do the necessary juggling ?</div><div style><br></div><div style>If you folks have a nice hand holding tutorial for rpms kindly let me know.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Regards,</div><div style>-Narahari</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 10:32 PM, Scott McBrien <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:smcbrien@gmail.com" target="_blank">smcbrien@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">There is such a thing as a drpm or Delta RPM, but don't do it. Just repackage the vanilla plus your changes into a full rpm. I would urge you, however, to go with the SLES tomcat and add an additional rpm with your changes. That way you can continue to get updates and the like from SUSE and only have to maintain your extra bits.<br>
<br>
-Scott<br>
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On May 30, 2013, at 10:20 PM, "Narahari 'n' Savitha" <<a href="mailto:savithari@gmail.com">savithari@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Friends:<br>
><br>
> On SLES software is installed using rpm. But then you can install the rpm with<br>
> rpm -iv or yast -i or even zypper (I am not that smart, answer is courtesy Allen)<br>
><br>
> My requirement is this<br>
><br>
> There is the base tomcat rpm provided on the web which is vanilla version.<br>
><br>
> We have gone ahead and customized the tomcat with<br>
><br>
> more jars in the lib folder in addition to the existing jars from vanilla version<br>
> added thirdLibs folder under TOMCAT_HOME (/opt/apache-tomcat-7.0.37)<br>
> added axisLib under TOMCAT_HOME<br>
> added wsLib under TOMCAT_HOME<br>
> modified the .sh file under the bin folder<br>
> modified the props and xml files under the conf folder<br>
><br>
> I am to build an rpm only of the DELTAS.<br>
><br>
> Determining the DELTAS is itself a task-at-hand which I will have to resolve some how.<br>
><br>
> Once I determine that I plan to .tar.gz that and create an rpm from it.<br>
><br>
> creating rpm's is a diff question which I am already working on.<br>
><br>
> Is there a higher level packaging than rpm or that rpm is it ?<br>
><br>
><br>
> Thank you for your time and attention.<br>
><br>
> -N<br>
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