On 12:43 27 Jun 2004, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: | On Sat, 26 Jun 2004, Cameron Simpson wrote: | >I think you'll find the tarball also has "a/b/c" in it too. | sure, but the attributes of *those* directories don't get changed when | i do the extraction. Odd. | >1: Don't extract as root? | not an option. a single package/tarball might want to put files/dirs | in various places, owned by various accounts. Yucko. Another reason I install non-RPM (or whatever the native package system is) stuff in /opt, thus: http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/css/syncopt.html Of course, that won't work without a little special fiddling for things what _need_ particular accounts and odd privileges (eg mail transports or suchlike). | >2: Note perms, extract, fix perms. | ouch. that would work, but it would definitely be a bit messy. Should automate pretty readily if you peruse the tarball TOC. | >3: Extract only the files - avoid the directories. | | tempting, but i'm wondering what would happen if the tarball has a | directory that doesn't exist yet. it will have to be created, of | course, Which is easy. | at which point i'd have to take care of setting its original | attributes. Well, you _could_ pull those from the tarball: - scan toc, noting files - compute needed dirs (all antecedants of file paths) - for each dir needed, if [ ! -d "$dir/." ] add the dir to the extract list for the tarball - extract Sounds easy enough to me. Want code? Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Sam Jones <samjones@xxxxxxxxxxx> on the Nine Types of User: Princess (unfair, perhaps, as these tend, overwhelmingly, to be males) - "I need a Mac, and someone's got the one I like reserved, would you please garrote him and put him in the paper recycling bin?" Advantages: Flatters you with their high standards for your service. Disadvantages: Impresses you with their obliviousness to other people on this planet. Symptoms: Inability to communicate except by complaining. Real Case: One asked a scon to remove the message of the day because he (the user) didn't like it.
