On 16 Apr 2004 12:18:40 +0530, Kingsly John wrote:
>
> +++ Bernard Lang [2004-04-16 00:05:22]:
>
> > On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 11:40:44PM +0530, Kingsly John wrote:
> > > +++ Bernard Lang [2004-04-15 16:43:57]:
> > >
> > > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 09:57:12AM +0200, stu wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 11:57:17 +0200
> > > > > Bernard Lang <Bernard.Lang_at_inria.fr> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > My point was not adressed to you personnally
> > > > It is just that 2.5 has been in the works quite a long time, and
> > > > there is no end in sight.
> > >
> > > I've been using the 2.5 series for nearly 2 years now.. and have probably had
> > > a handful of crashes so far.
> > >
> > > > Since it is considered unstable, it is not packaged for many
> > > > distrib, including the one I use (Mandrake). Though someone gave me
> > > > some brief instructions, it was not precise enough for me to follow.
> > >
> > > Does Mandrake still ship fvwm ?
> >
> > no ... I do not know why
> > ... and I would like them to ... they might if 2.6 comes out
> >
> >
> > > > I just cannot afford the time to guess how I am supposed to compile
> > > > things, with the right environment. I do other things to contribute
> > > > to free software, and any time I spend on this is essentially wasted
> > > > (since it is of use only to myself).
> > >
> > > Whats wrong with these binary rpms here ?
> > >
> > > http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=fvwm
> >
> > All those intended for Mandrake seem to be version 1.24
> >
> > I have not tried these ... aren't they old versions
> >
> > > Have you even bothered to try
> > >
> > > rpmbuild -ta fvwm-2.5.10.tar.gz
> >
> > no because no one suggested it to me, and I have never done it.
> >
> > Now, will that build a package that runs with Mandrake, if done in my
> > Mandrake environment ?
>
> yes it should build one.
>
> Ditto with the ones on rpmfind.. just get the source rpm and compile for your
> machine... if it compiles on your machine it will definitely run fine!
>
> rpmbuild --rebuild blah-foo.src.rpm
This is a bad advice, the good advice is to follow the instructions in:
http://fvwm.org/documentation/dev_creating_rpms.php
Regards,
Mikhael.
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Received on Fri Apr 16 2004 - 03:12:46 BST