If condition inside the %Files section on a SPEC file

Question

I\'m kinda a new to writing spec files and building RPM\'s. Currently I have one RPM that is supposed to deploy some files in 1 of 2 possible directories that will vary with

Answer 1

Forrest suggests the best solution, but if that is not possible practical you can detect the OS version at runtime in the post-install section, move the script to the appropriate location, and then delete it post-uninstall, eg:

# rpm spec snippets
%define OS_version %(hacky os detection)
...
Source2: script.sh
...
%install
install %{_sourcedir}/script.sh %{buildroot}/some/known/location
...
%post

%if %{OS_version} == "..."
  mv /some/known/location/script.sh /distro/specific/script.sh
%elif %{OS_version} == "..."
...

%preun
rm -rf /all/script/locations

Much more error prone than building different RPMs on different OSes, but will scale a little better if you need to support many different OSes.