On 07/15/2010 12:02 PM, Chris Adams wrote:
Once upon a time, Simo Sorce<ssorce(a)redhat.com> said:
> We have a bug open with CUPS trying to generate SSL certs on the first
> connections, being too slow and causing the client to timeout.
> So no, you can't make assumptions here.
>
Dovecot generating its SSL parameters can take 10 seconds on the first
startup, so that would be another one with a problem.
What about generating these in %post of the rpm install? Seems to make
sense to me.
> So you are just re-invented sysconfig ?
> sysconfig was added exactly so that admins could change configurations
> without touching init scripts so that rpm updates would be able to
> deploy new init scripts without blowing away customizations.
>
I have also used sysconfig files to set special local requirements, such
as an LD_PRELOAD library to override crypt() for password-migration
compatibility.