Re: proper way to build same rpm for different redhat versions

[Rex Dieter <rdieter math unl edu>]

hbeaumont hbeaumont wrote:

> for app "foo" version 2.5.1, rpm release 1 I would name it:
> 
> foo-2.5.1.rh73-1.i386.rpm
> foo-2.5.1.rhel3-1.i386.rpm
> foo-2.5.1.rhel4-1.i386.rpm
> 
> What is the true standard way to name these?

Most folks prefer to embed %{dist} into the Release tag, so you'd end up
with something like this instead:

foo-2.5.1-1.rh73.i386.rpm
foo-2.5.1-1.rhel3.i386.rpm
foo-2.5.1-1.rhel4.i386l.rpm

For your choice of %{dist}.

-- Rex