2017-03-08 15:20 GMT-03:00 Carlos E. R. <robin.listas@telefonica.net>:
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On 2017-03-08 14:27, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
Op woensdag 8 maart 2017 14:04:38 CET schreef Carlos E. R.:
On 2017-03-08 13:57, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
When you have a tar file with the source and you design a .spec file, which is not too difficult, on your own system, you can use rpmbuild to build a rpm.
Well, designing a .spec file is something I do not know how to do, it is quite difficult for me. That is precisely what checkinstall automated.
Thus, rpmbuild is impossible to use, and even less OBS, wich I find terribly complex.
See? You are trying to convince me to use OBS instead ;-)
No, I am trying to convince you to put a little effort in designing a very simple .spec file. When you browse build.opensuse.org and search for a project which looks simple, you can find a simple .spec file that is an example for your .spec file. I am not much of a programmer, but understanding a simple .spec file appeared to be easy for me. rpmbuild requires a certain setup with folders to put the source and the .spec file in. Invoking rpmbuild with a few switches and the .spec file as parameters is all that is needed to get a .rpm file in this setup of folders.
Again, you are trying to convince me to not use checkinstall, see? :-)
I have been told for about two decades to not use checkinstall. To do more or less what you describe. What you do not understand is that *creating* an spec file is not something I can do. How do you expect me to know what files to put inside? I have no idea.
There are tars that do contain an spec file, but it is designed for another distribution. And you expect me to learn and find out how to do that conversion!
Even on a complex build, checkinstall created automatically that spec file, no thinking at all needed.
Instead of making checkinstall available on the distro, you all are telling me to use tools that I find too difficult to use, to use procedures that I find way too difficult to follow, and forget checkinstall. Exactly what I said you do.
Well, no, I'm incapable of learning that skill. Call me stupid if you wish.
- -- Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
Hi, I'm wondering whats the difficult in create a .spec file, especially the part of don't know where to put files. Just do it whitout the %files, it will display the files that are not owned, so you put this files in %files sections... Even a noob like me (no knowledge on any programming language, incapable of create a single script) can do some packaging in OBS Regards, Luiz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org