[KAFKA-7159] mark configuration files in confluent-kafka RPM SPEC file

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 1.1.0
• Component/s: packaging
• Labels: rpm
• Environment: RHEL7
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Robert Fabisiak
• Created: 13/Jul/18 06:52
• Updated: 25/Jul/18 08:48
• Resolved: 25/Jul/18 08:48

Description

All configuration files in kafka RPM SPEC file should be marked with %config prefix in %files section.

This would prevent overwrites during install/upgrade and uninstall operations

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html-single/rpm_packaging_guide/index#files

It's especially important to save configuration during package upgrades.

Section to change in SPEC file:

%files
%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/kafka/*.conf
%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/kafka/*.properties

It would also be good to mark documentation files with %doc