Maximum RPM is the best book on this out there.. Here is the link to the online version.
http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/ If you have an RH disk set or if you feel like downloading from RH it's also in the documentation section of every release they do. James On Wed, 2003-02-05 at 18:40, civileme wrote: > On Wednesday 05 February 2003 03:40 pm, Jim C wrote: > > Thanks but I got this one already. Now I am trying to fight my way > > through the spec file. Know of any place where there are docs on these? > > > > Jim C. > > > > Todd Lyons wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Jim C wrote on Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 10:11:23PM -0800 : > > >>>I am stuck at the rpm install. I think I probably have a macro wrong > > >>>somewhere. Note that jim is a local user with home directory named > > >>>/lclusr/jim. > > >>>[jim@enigma jim]$ rpm -ivh samba-2.2.7a-3mdk.src.rpm > > >>>error: cannot create %sourcedir /%{/lclusr/jim}/rpm/SOURCES > > > > > > mkdir /lcluser/jim/rpm > > > mkdir /lcluser/jim/rpm/RPMS > > > mkdir /lcluser/jim/rpm/RPMS/i586 > > > mkdir /lcluser/jim/rpm/RPMS/noarch > > > mkdir /lcluser/jim/rpm/SRPMS > > > mkdir /lcluser/jim/rpm/SOURCES > > > mkdir /lcluser/jim/rpm/SPECS > > > mkdir /lcluser/jim/rpm/BUILD > > > mkdir /lcluser/jim/rpm/tmp > > > > > > Blue skies... Todd > > > - -- > > > > > > | MandrakeSoft USA | Security is like an onion. It's made | > > > | http://www.mandrakesoft.com | made up of several layers and makes | > > > | http://www.mandrakelinux.com | you cry. --Howard Chu | > > > > > > Mandrake Cooker Devel Version, Kernel 2.4.21pre4-1mdk > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > > iD8DBQE+QY/3lp7v05cW2woRAt9oAJ9gG6Xl+hurBxUuoyYHnOg/gzkOtwCghW2y > > > pD4tkqUxAy8V9CvXB/MZ+tw= > > > =c4h5 > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Ummm, I searched unsuccesfully for docs on those--best thing I can think of is > to rpm -i something.src.rpm from srpms for mandrake and then look at the spec > files others have made. Some of them have really artful dodges and many will > give you clues how to do it. > > There is the rpm howto at > > http://www.mandrakelinux.com/howtos/mdk-rpm/ > > which explains a lot of the procedure including the spec file. > > Civileme > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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