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Does the "%defattr" directive affect the "%post" section also in rpm spec file?

I have a .spec file with code somewhat like this:

%files
%defattr(-,xyz, xyz)
%verify(md5 size mtime mode) %attr(755, xyz, xyz) /usr/bin/app1
%verify(md5 size mtime mode) %attr(755, xyz, xyz) /usr/bin/app2

%post
mkdir -p /apps/1/logs
mkdir -p /apps/2/logs
mkdir -p /apps/3/logs
mkdir -p /apps/4/logs
mkdir -p /apps/5/logs
ln -sf /usr/bin/app1 /usr/bin/app3
touch /home/xyz/abc.log

will the %defattr also affect the default attributes of files and directories getting created in the post section??

Solution

  • No. You'll need to explicitly chown/chmod anything you do in %post. It's preferred to not have them in %post because things can break that way (like rpm -V). Why wouldn't you want that to be done in %build?