-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Philipp Thomas wrote:
On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 12:31:46 +0200 (CEST), Carlos E. R. wrote:
But then there is a large list listing every single file and directory that the rpm has to have.
You don't necessarily need such a large list. If you write your own spec file and use a build root (as nearly all packages do), you install into newly created directories and can thus use wildcards such as /usr/bin/* or /usr/share/man/man1/*.gz.
Checkinstall can't do that as it installs into the live system.
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Commands I can type, I'm not afraid of typing. But this is a job for a developer, not a user.
I tend to differ! Either I know enough of building programs and can deal with the problems that might crop up or I search for prebuilt packages and don't compile at all.
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Philipp
I think you are missing the point somewhat. What I have used checkinstall for is those scenarios when I have source bundles which are not RPM'd and I would rather like the application to be available to the package management tools on SuSE. I would not use it to create an RPM for third party use (though it might be handy for creating an initial template). I would also prefer not to have to go through the process of hand building a RPM for this purpose. While core RPMs are pretty much up to date, many of those for less well known or non-mainstream applications are not. (The Perl module RPMs are a serious case in point and I now maintain these from CPAN not the SuSE RPMs, others may have similar issue with other things). BTW I am not asking or expecting SuSE to spend time and resources providing some of this but merely to recognise that things like checkinstall help people put together systems the way that they want them, in a way which works with the system tools that they have as part of the distro. - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFISkLTasN0sSnLmgIRArHRAJ4xGQj7ZAELH1miVg8kQyZ5sR7xxQCePT+5 rvIPmwkfoqg1GcClG3Bm28o= =Z6r4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org