rpm-plugins(8) — Linux manual page

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RPM-PLUGINS(8)             System Manager's Manual            RPM-PLUGINS(8)

NAME top

       rpm-plugins - Plugins for the RPM Package Manager

Description top

       RPM plugins provide functionality that is not suited to be used
       everywhere. They may not be built or shipped on some platforms or may
       not be installed or be disabled on some systems.

       This allows plugins to interface with systems that may not acceptable
       as a dependency for RPM and to provide functionality that may be
       unwanted under some circumstances.

       For now the plugin API is internal only. So there is a limited number
       of plugins in the RPM sources.

Configuration top

       Some plugins can be configured by specific macros or influenced by
       command line parameters. But most can only be turned on or off. See
       the plugin's man page for details.

       Plugins are controlled by a macro %__transaction_NAME which is set to
       the location of the plugin file. Undefining the macro or setting it
       to %{nil} will prevent the plugin from being run.

       This can be done on the RPM command line e.g. with
       --undefine=__transaction_syslog. To disable a plugin permantently
       drop a file in /etc/rpm/ that contains

       __transaction_NAME %{nil}

       Another option is to remove the plugin from the system if it is
       packaged in its own sub package.

       For some operations it may be desirable to disable all plugins at
       once. This can be done by passing --noplugins to rpm at the command
       line.

SEE ALSO top

       rpm(8) rpm-plugin-audit(8) rpm-plugin-ima(8) rpm-plugin-prioreset(8)
       rpm-plugin-selinux(8) rpm-plugin-syslog(8)
       rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit(8)

COLOPHON top

       This page is part of the rpm (RPM Package Manager) project.
       Information about the project can be found at 
       ⟨https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm⟩.  It is not known how
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Red Hat, Inc.                    29 Jan 2020                  RPM-PLUGINS(8)

Pages that refer to this page: rpm-plugin-audit(8) , rpm-plugin-ima(8) , rpm-plugin-prioreset(8) , rpm-plugin-selinux(8) , rpm-plugin-syslog(8) , rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit(8)