I think a utility that would ./configure , make , build rpm, install rpm, is
what is needed, that way you can more easily uninstall the program and check
dependencies of other programs that might need this program.
Serge Lussier wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Geoffrey Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 8:47 PM
> Subject: RE: [Cooker] Idea for new utility
>
> >
> > > - My opinion - Its a very good idea!
> > >
> > > There is a point: Not all source package tarballs have this sequences of
> > > building: ./configure; make; make install
> > > and most of the time we need to be root for the install step.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > you do NOT need to be root to build RPMs, it is a _very_ bad idea, unless
> > you need to create something which oes need root, e.g. mknod
> >
> Strange ...
> You are talking about RPMs, I was talking about tgz source tarballs ... uh?
> wtf is that ?
>
> I think you don't really understand what Alex was talking about
> or you don't care about the idea...
> Is your reply only to tell that it's not a good idea or what ?
>
> Regards,
> Serge Lussier
