NAME

       rpm-plugins - Plugins for the RPM Package Manager

Description

       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 pro‐
       vide 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

       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

       rpm(8), rpm-plugin-audit(8), rpm-plugin-ima(8), rpm-plugin-prioreset(8), rpm-plugin-selinux(8), rpm-plug‐
       in-syslog(8), rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit(8)

                                                   29 Jan 2020                                    RPM-PLUGINS(8)