Configuration file flag not added to RPM

[milgner]

After reading #56 and #118, it seems like the issue was fixed for DEB packages but is still not working for RPMs.

After some experimentation, my Gradle build script now contains:

    from("src/main/resources") {
        fileType = Directive(RPMFILE_CONFIG or RPMFILE_NOREPLACE)
        into("/etc/rebased/conf")
        eachFile {
            configurationFiles.push("/$path")
        }
    }

I have also tried just setting one configurationFile and leaving out the RPMFILE_NOREPLACE flag or the fileType altogether.

But the resulting .rpm file doesn't have any information - about neither the config flag nor the noreplace. The file itself is included as expected, though.

Furthermore, a code search on Github did not turn up any reference to the configurationFiles attribute as part of the rpm packaging plugin.

[DanielThomas]

configurationFiles was added as Debian specific extension, because has a separate conffiles file and no concept of file directives, but for convenience fileType = CONFIG works.

fileType is all you should need, as covered by https://github.com/nebula-plugins/gradle-ospackage-plugin/wiki/RPM-Plugin#example. The directive is looked up on each copy spec:

gradle-ospackage-plugin/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/gradle/plugins/rpm/RpmCopyAction.groovy

Line 159 in 7f0a8aa

Directive fileType = lookup(specToLookAt, 'fileType')

The comment on https://github.com/nebula-plugins/gradle-ospackage-plugin/blob/main/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/gradle/plugins/packaging/CopySpecEnhancement.groovy#L16-L28 seems to indicate that either syntax should work fine.

[milgner]

That is very strange. I have tried a few more approaches, but the RPM file never lists the file(s) as config files.
My latest approach is

    from("src/main/resources") {
        into("/etc/rebased/conf")
        eachFile {
            fileType = Directive(RPMFILE_CONFIG or RPMFILE_NOREPLACE)
        }
    }

I'm checking with rpm -q --configfiles my.rpm and would expect the file to show up there, too.

[DanielThomas]

At a glance, you'll want to drop the eachFile there, fileType is something we add on the FileCopySpec and it applies to everything in the from.

[milgner]

That was my very first approach. When that didn't work, I tried all kinds of variations, without success.

[gauchya]

Hello @milgner,
I recently encountered the same issue as you. I'm unable to mark any file as a config/no_replace file, and all my config files are being replaced during each installation. I have tried syntax like:

             into(confPath, closureOf<CopySpec> {
                from("/resources/main/application.yml") {
                    fileType =  Directive(RPMFILE_CONFIG or RPMFILE_NOREPLACE)
                }
              })

or

             into(confPath, closureOf<CopySpec> {
                from("/resources/main/application.yml") {
                }
                fileType =  Directive(RPMFILE_CONFIG or RPMFILE_NOREPLACE)
              })

Did you find a way to do it?

EDIT:

Also tried:

             from("/resources/main/testConf.conf") {
                fileType = CONFIG
                into(confPath)
            }

[milgner]

@gauchya unfortunately I did not. I also tried several variations without success. Right now it hasn't been that pressing for us because we also have some Ansible playbooks that configure the system, so those now write the correct configuration file.

My next step would be to look at the generated metadata and check where it deviates from the desired state.

[gauchya]

Thanks for your answer, @milgner.

Using rpm -ql --configfiles on the generated RPM files confirms that they are not marked as config files.

I'll come back if I have more to share.