Questions about creating RPMs
dan
info at hostinthebox.net
Mon Mar 7 23:22:24 UTC 2005
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
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