On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 05:10:09PM -0700, Ian Holsman wrote: > >I would be more keen to use an official apache RPM than say a Redhat > >one, as Redhat (and possibly other distros) are rather slow at releasing > >the latest bugfixes. > > > +1 from me. > I think the only technical issues stopping us are: > - layout to choose
I think each distro has some version identifier installed like /etc/SuSE-release, so it wouldn't be hard to make this decision within the specfile. However I don't know the other identifiers, I only know /etc/UnitedLinux-release and /etc/SuSE-release :) > - a method of getting the version number in the spec file. > (which would need to be part of the buildconf process I think) Yes, as the specfile would be in CVS, you could create it from spec.in as part of the build proces.. > the second is important because doing this we could simply allow us to > do something like: > rpmbuild --sign -ta <disttarfile> > > I'm not sure if it makes a difference on which distribution it was > actually built on.. maybe the mandrake/redhat/suse guys have some > suggestions. If the spec file doesn't use too much "magic", it might be feasible :) Peter -- Thought is limitation. Free your mind.
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