Ok, thanks, this works.
Another question: another interresting option is --excludepath.
Can this be specified in the macros file too? Doesn't seem to work for me.
> edit /usr/lib/rpm/macros, go to the commented line that says:
>
> # Boolean (i.e. 1 == "yes", 0 == "no") that controls whether files
> # marked as %doc should be installed.
> #%_excludedocs
>
> and make it:
>
> %_excludedocs 1
>
> Maximum RPM is out of date.
>
> Matt
>
> On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 01:59:11PM +0200, Michael Redinger wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just tried to change the Red Hat Boot disk to not install the documentation
> > files.
> >
> > I thought this would be quite simple - gunzip netstg2.img, mount it as loopback
> > device, edit usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc and add the following line:
> >
> > excludedocs: 1
> >
> > (This option is documented in Maximum RPM (rpmrc-file.tex, line 496).
> >
> >
> > However, this does not work. When the install process loads the second stage
> > ramdisk, it says that excludedocs is not a valid options.
> >
> > Any ideas? Doesn't the Red Hat install process include a fully featured
> > RPM version?
> >
> >
> > Michael
> >
> >
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