[TriLUG] rpm database question

[Tanner Lovelace]

Christian J Hedemark wrote:

> Adrian announced:
> 
>>No, I build an rpm with the fix and install it.
>>
> 
> <sarcasm>Ahhh so you are a masochist then, eh?</sarcasm>
> 
> RPM has some great potential.  With some up to date book(s) on the subject,
> and maybe a packaging tool that works, I'd probably use it more.  Building a
> package right now seems to be a major pain.  I haven't found a reliable &
> easy way yet to build those pesky spec files.  What's your secret?

Try taking the spec file from a previous version that comes with
your distribution.  This works 99.9% of the time...

Or, if it's a perl library, I have a spec file that all you need to
do is define the name and version and it will create an rpm for it...

Tanner
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