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

This is how I solved my problem

step 1 :

   In Build section .. somewhere I wrote :
 %build
  .....
  #check my condition here & if true define some macro
  %define is_valid %( if [ -f /usr/bin/myfile ]; then echo "1" ; else echo "0"; fi )
 #after his normal continuation
 .....
 ...

Step 2: in install section

  %install
  ......
  #do something in that condition
  if %is_valid
  install -m 0644 
  %endif
  #rest all your stuff
  ................

Step 3:in files section

   %files
   if %is_valid 
   %{_dir}/
   %endif

That's it

It works.

PS : I cannot give you full code hence giving all useful snippet