Re: Questions about creating RPMs

[dan <info hostinthebox net>]

Kelson wrote:
> dan wrote:
>
> > I know that a lot of you guys are making Fedora Legacy RPMs, and I was 
> > curious as to if you use some sort of template in vi or *gasp* emacs 
> > or something of the like.  I've been doing this by hand for a bit now, 
> > and it's a lot of work.  Surely there's a simplified way.
>
>
> I haven't worked on any of the RPMS for FL (though I think I noticed 
> guidelines of some sort on the wiki), but when I build my own I 
> frequently start with the .spec file in the SRPM for an earlier version.
>
> It often takes some tweaking, especially if files get moved or replaced 
> between versions, but it does simplify the process immensely.

Yea, I do that, as well.  But I've never been able to make one from 
scratch.  I lack skill, I suppose.

Again, sorry to waste all your time, this is definately something that I 
should just RTFM on.  Thanks anyway though.

-dant