Uros Nedic wrote:
> I'm sorry I have to ask about .spec files and procedure how to build
> stuffs.
>
> Could anyone tell me for what kind of software are there .spec
> files(1),
Software delivered via the Desktop (aka JDS) consolidation, or ported
via the source juicer project to the /contrib repo, or the
spec-files-extra project.
> how to use them to install what I would like(2),
Use pkgtool to build them into SVR4 or IPS packages, then install those.
> it is distributed via .spec files when we have IPS for that(3)?
spec files are a recipe for building packages that can be distributed
via IPS - they're the build instructions, shared so others can apply
their own changes. IPS is for binaries, not sources & build instructions.
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-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
