Richard Creighton wrote:
On Tuesday 08 December 2009 1:10:10 pm Philipp Thomas wrote:
... I would be willing to see if we can't use checkinstall with another installwatch. I'll keep you informed.
... As Carlos stated, sometimes you just want to build a simple RPM so the RPM database can keep track of user installed programs, possibly only normally _available_as_a_tarball_, not for redistribution necessarily.
Both tools can be valuable but OBS is a 1000 pound sledge hammer when a small tack hammer is needed sometimes.
Oooh, I'm glad I scanned this thread. There've been some packages available only as tarballs that interested me. Most I've just let alone, but I've installed a couple using the tarballs, not realizing there was a way to have them tracked. I hope things get worked out, and I'll be watching, hoping for a positive result. Thanks, guys! John Perry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org