On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 08:09:48 +0000
Mikhael Goikhman <migo_at_homemail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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,
Why is that bad advice?
> the good advice is to follow the instructions in:
>
> http://fvwm.org/documentation/dev_creating_rpms.php
It would be useful to have a link to that from the FAQ, although I think
it's overly complicated. These 3 simple steps work for me:
1) Create a ~/.rpmmacros file thus:
%_topdir /home/user/redhat
(that's taken from the page you referenced )
2) download the tarball and put it in /tmp
3) run e.g. rpmbuild -tb /tmp/fvwm-2.5.10.tar.gz
fvwm already provides a .spec file in the tarball, so IMO it makes
sense to use the facilities rpm provides rather than unpack the
tarball and run configure and make.
Regards,
Chris
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Received on Fri Apr 16 2004 - 04:06:30 BST