Re: spec file for multiple distributions.

[Tony Earnshaw <tonni hetnet nl>]

Martin Hamant skrev, on 03-05-2007 12:03:

> I have to write a specfile which need to build on many redhat/centos
> distributions with differents versions. The software that I have to
> build needs special action on sources regarding the distribution. What
> is the best way to do this these days ? Is there a builtin function in
> RPM to autodetect the distro name and version ? (el3, el4, el5?) ?
>
> About rpmforge packages, i don't really understand how does it works:
> they use %{dist} but it's defined in a macro? and about naming
> packages : can i dynamically name a package regarding to the
> distribution it's been built ?

Sam Varshavchik has written an almost-Ok "release" routine that will 
distinguish between Mandriva (with a little modification), SuSE, Red Hat 
and Fedora (with a little modification) releases in his Courier authlib, 
IMAP and maildrop specs. It should be able to get Centos too, if the 
spec writer adapts it a bit. Grab a tarball at 
http://www.courier-mta.org/download.php#imap and extract and adapt the 
spec to your own needs - it's GPL stuff.

Best,

--Tonni

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Tony Earnshaw
Email: tonni at hetnet dot nl