How useful is it likely to be to rebuild RedHat packages from RedHat sources? Since many of the directories in typical RPM spec files are parameterized by info in the local RPM configuration files and since the configuration files specify the directories that SuSE uses, it's at least plausible that it would work most of the time. Paul
On Sun, 28 Apr 2002, Paul W. Abrahams wrote: pa> How useful is it likely to be to rebuild RedHat packages from RedHat pa> sources? Since many of the directories in typical RPM spec files are pa> parameterized by info in the local RPM configuration files and since pa> the configuration files specify the directories that SuSE uses, it's pa> at least plausible that it would work most of the time. pa> I've done it a number of times in the past, just pay attention to where it installs things in relation to init files, documentation and config files. I have found those to not coincide with where suse would install them. A quick modification here and there in the spec file was usually all it would take. pa> Paul pa> pa> -- S.Toms - smotrs at mindspring.com - www.mindspring.com/~smotrs SuSE Linux v7.3+ - Kernel 2.4.10-4GB
On 28 Apr 2002, S.Toms wrote:
I've done it a number of times in the past, just pay attention to where it installs things in relation to init files, documentation and config files. I have found those to not coincide with where suse would install them. A quick modification here and there in the spec file was usually all it would take.
On a related note, RedHat is going to support the LSB by the end of this year. http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,51025 84,00.html Linux users of the world, rejoice. -- Karol Pietrzak PGP KeyID: 3A1446A0
On Sun, 28 Apr 2002, Karol Pietrzak wrote: kp> On 28 Apr 2002, S.Toms wrote: kp> kp> > I've done it a number of times in the past, just pay attention kp> > to where kp> > it installs things in relation to init files, documentation and kp> > config files. I have found those to not coincide with where suse kp> > would install them. A quick modification here and there in the kp> > spec file was usually all it would take. kp> kp> On a related note, RedHat is going to support the LSB by the end kp> of this year. kp> True, I heard that myself recently (can't recall where) but I wouldn't assume that every RPM that is out there will be converted overnight. Not unless it explicitly says it's for RedHat v.X (whatever version becomes LSB compliant), even then, I would still watch them closely to be sure that a packager didn't overlook something in there hurry to re-release their source RPM. But when they are 100% complienat then it should make it alot easier to share RPM's and SRPM's between the distributions. kp> http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,51025 kp> 84,00.html kp> kp> Linux users of the world, rejoice. kp> kp> -- kp> Karol Pietrzak kp> PGP KeyID: 3A1446A0 kp> kp> -- S.Toms - smotrs at mindspring.com - www.mindspring.com/~smotrs SuSE Linux v7.3+ - Kernel 2.4.10-4GB
participants (3)
-
Karol Pietrzak -
Paul W. Abrahams -
S.Toms