Generating rpm spec from autoconf/automake packages for Fedora

[Didier Casse]

On 16/06/04, at 11:43 +0200, André Kelpe <fs111 at web.de> wrote:

> Am Mi, den 16.06.2004 schrieb Didier Casse um 11:27:
>
> > > > Dear Rui,
> > > >          That's a nice idea to consider. Thanks a lot. :-)
> > >
> > > remember that the result requires a tiny bit of post-processing, for
> > > example for /usr/lib-vs-/usr/lib64, so use %{_libdir} for that etc etc.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > yeps. I think I can get some Perl scripts which can capture the result and
> > put it in a spec file! :-)
>
> This idea sounds a little bit like checkinstall [0] to me. Maybe you can
> use it as a base for further work instead of implementing this
> functionality again.
>
> regards
>
> André
>
> [0] http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/

Thanks André. This is the type of thing that I've been looking for. This
will simplify my life. :-)

Cheers,
Didier.